-Caveat Lector- > >Shamelessly stolen from: > >http://www.livejournal.com/community/guerillanews/167099.html > > > >iq test from daniel quinn: > >Take the War on Iraq IQ Test > > > >Do you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq? > > > >1. Q: What percentage of the world's population does the U.S. have? > > > >A: 6% > > > >2. Q: What percentage of the world's wealth does the U.S. have? > > > >A: 50% > > > >3. Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves? > > > >A: Saudi Arabia > > > >4. Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves? > > > >A: Iraq > > > >5. Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide? > > > >A: $900+ billion > > > >6. Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.? > > > >A: 50% > > > >7. Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure the essentials > >of life to everyone in the world, according the UN? > > > >A: 10% (that's about $40 billion, the amount of funding initially > >requested to fund our retaliatory attack on Afghanistan). > > > >8. Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II? > > > >A: 86 million > > > >9. Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons? > > > >A: Since the early 1980's. > > > >10. Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical & biological weapons on their > >own? > > > >A: No, the materials and technology were supplied by the US government, > >along with Britain and private corporations. > > > >11. Q: Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare > >against Iran? > > > >A: No > > > >12. Q: How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas in the Kurdish > >town of Halabja in 1988? > > > >A: 5,000 > > > >13. Q: How many western countries condemned this action at the time? > > > >A: 0 > > > >14. Q: How many gallons of agent Orange did America use in Vietnam? > > > >A: 17 million. > > > >15. Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and September 11th > >terrorist attack? > > > >A: No > > > >16. Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the Gulf > >War? > > > >A: 35,000 > > > >17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western > >forces during the Gulf War ? > > > >A: 0 > > > >18. Q: How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by U.S. > >tanks with ploughs mounted on the front? > > > >A: 6,000 > > > >19. Q: How many tons of depleted uranium were left in Iraq and Kuwait > >after the Gulf War? > > > >A: 40 tons > > > >20. Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates in Iraq > >between 1991 and 1994? > > > >A: 700% > > > >21. Q: How much of Iraq's military capacity did America claim it had > >destroyed in 1991? > > > >A: 80% > > > >22. Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for > >anything other than deterrence and self defense? > > > >A: No > > > >23. Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than 10 > >years ago? > > > >A: No > > > >24. Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the event > >of an attack on Iraq in 2002/3? > > > >A: 10,000 > > > >25. Q: What percentage of these will be children? > > > >A: Over 50% > > > >26. Q: How many years has the U.S. engaged in air strikes on Iraq? > > > >A: 11 years > > > >27. Q: Was the U.S and the UK at war with Iraq between December 1998 and > >September 1999? > > > >A: No > > > >28. Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq between > >December 1998 and September 1999? > > > >A: 20 million > > > >29. Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced, imposing > >strict sanctions on Iraq's imports and exports? > > > >A: 12 years > > > >30. Q: What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per 1,000 births)? > > > >A: 38 > > > >31. Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999 (per > >1,000 births)? > > > >A: 131 (that's an increase of 345%) > > > >32. Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999 as a > >result of UN sanctions? > > > >A: 1.5 million > > > >33. Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to > >sanctions since 1997? > > > >A: 750,000 > > > >34. Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq? > > > >A: No > > > >35. Q: How many inspections were there in November and December 1998? > > > >A: 300 > > > >36. Q: How many of these inspections had problems? > > > >A: 5 > > > >37. Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba'ath Party HQ? > > > >A: Yes > > > >38. Q: Who said that by December 1998, "Iraq had in fact, been disarmed > >to a level unprecedented in modern history." > > > >A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief. > > > >39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop weapons > >of mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have > >discovered and dismantled? > > > >A: 90% > > > >40. Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in? > > > >A: Yes > > > >41. Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992? > > > >A: Over 65 > > > >42. Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between 1972 > >and 1990? > > > >A: 30+ > > > >44. Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons? > > > >A: 8 > > > >45. Q: How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got? > > > >A: 0 > > > >46. Q: How many nuclear warheads has US got? > > > >A: over 10,000 > > > >47. Q: Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons? > > > >A: the US > > > >48. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have? > > > >A: Over 400 > > > >50. Q: Who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about > >things that matter"? > > > >A: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr >
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