> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: A powerful argument for war with Iraq
>
>
> Essentially the only weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear
> weapon. The
> threat from chemical and biological weapons are being greatly
> exaggerated in
> the news media -- and that alone is the fundamental reason
> that the United
> States doesn't employ them. They're ineffective as
> battlefield weapons and
> are generally more dangerous to the using organization than
> they are to the
> intended target.
>

That has to be the most blatant attempt at redefining reality I have ever
seen since someone asked what is is.

It also makes me understand some of the comments I have seen of late. Since
the appeaser's know that Iraq has these weapons, and it is extremely likely
they will be found or used at some point in the near future, they are going
to try and redefine WMD to mean only nuclear weapons and declare that Sadam
was never really in violation.

Having served on a chemical detection team while in the military I can
honestly say that chemical/biological weapons scare the hell out of me. In
general, if any test I conducted came back positive, all I could do is turn
to my team and say "call in a report and make your peace guys, we are dead".

Chemical agents can kill thousands in a short time.

Biological agents can kill millions in a longer time.

Both of these fit my definition of a WMD.

As for your comment about not being effective on a battlefield, you
obviously have never attempted to fight in full protective gear. Even if the
area can be decontaminated before the gear is no longer effective your
ability to fight is easily cut in half due to visual, breathing and movement
restrictions.

Comments are my own, not my employer's... etc.






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