"That aside, riddle me this: If Iraq does indeed have WMDs, where are they? Why aren't they using them? They're about to be slaughtered by the beloved U.S., so why aren't they defending themselves? What do they gain by not using the weapons they're supposedly hiding?"
I would have thought "nukular" would have given me away here.
Hey--I'm starting to grow really tired of the term "Weapons of Mass Destruction"...what this really is code for is, "Iraq is not allowed to use the kinds of weapons that nullify the US's trillion dollar investment into overwhelming military superiority".
As I have said in the past, Saddam Hussein is not some crazed terrorist...he's a powermad dictator (that's why we helped install him...such guys are easy to please and control). If he was developing nukes, it was precisely to get some leverage at the bargaining table. I doubt he'd be willing to part with the personal fortune that would be required to develop ICBM-type capabilities. And if he did start such a program, there's no way he could hide it.
-TD
From: Damian Gerow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Spending a billion dollars an hour produces a hell of a light show!
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:22:02 -0500
Tyler Durden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "As the Iraqis themselves said, and I paraphrase (because the quote is not
> handy): "If the U.S. says they know the locations of secret weapons
> projects, of underground bunkers, etc., why don't they simply give the
> locations to the U.N. weapons inspectors who can then go to those sites?"
>
> Come on now! The Iraqis should have proven that they DON'T have any nukular
> weapons. They were unable to prove that they don't have any WMDs, so now
> it's their fault they're getting invaded.
Prove to me that you don't have a pet alligator. Come on, I want you to prove it.
No, I don't think the abscence of food, a tank, dirt, and other alligator-related paraphenalia is good enough. You can't just say that you don't have one, and let me in to your home. You have /another/ home, where you're keeping the alligator. Actually, the very fact that your apartment is clean means absolutely nothing. Where is your alligator?
(Yes, I'm taking this overboard. But it's a very similar argument to what the U.S. pulled.)
That aside, riddle me this: If Iraq does indeed have WMDs, where are they? Why aren't they using them? They're about to be slaughtered by the beloved U.S., so why aren't they defending themselves? What do they gain by not using the weapons they're supposedly hiding?
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