Its the staggering incompetence of the senior command that gets me. The explosives were tagged by the IAEA. It wasn't as if the RDX and HDX were hidden away - as if you could hide that amount easily. The location was known and documented by multiple international agencies. There is simply no excuse for such a dereliction of duty.
larry On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:46:15 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would we be as forgiving if we were told: "we were able to secure nearly > 10,000 nuclear warheads! We did misplace two, but that's not significant > next to the amount we secured." > > I think that's why people are getting upset. In this game (or so it seems > the arguing is going) "close enough isn't good enough". Despite its > insignificance to the amount that might have been lost in and of itself it's > quite significant. > > (We can't make firm claims, however, as to just how dangerous it is. If > anything in life "depends on how you use it" its explosives. The same bomb > can kill nobody, just a few or hundreds depending on where it's placed.) > > Personally I don't think it's at all incompatible to be both proud of the > amount we've been able to dispose of while still being appalled that such a > significant amount was lost. > > > > Jim Davis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 6:10 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Kerry 298 Bush 231 > > This is so tiring. Can we ever get passed it? > > So how many lives did we save be destroying > 999,620 tons? > > Are we done here? > > --- Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > you've never worked with explosives. 380 tons is a > > hell of a large amount > > > and more than enough to make a lot of our people > > hurt or killed from > > IED's. > > > I am sure that those soldiers killed or mutilated > > will love to know that > > > what happened was just digital debris. > > > > So I did the math.... > > > > I used comparative data found using Google regarding > > warheads and bombs with > > payloads from a few tons to just over 20 Mega tons > > and their destructive > > power... > > > > If the population count of a city was around 35,000 > > per sq mile my > > rudimentary maths says that 380 tons of TNT would > > kill circa 2-3000 > > people... > > > > That works out just under the lives lost on 9/11... > > Hardly decimal > > dust/digital debris is it??? > > > > Paul > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133770 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
