SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: JohnM who wrote (71599)2/6/2003 10:48:25 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I am puzzled by your reluctance to accept technical evidence.

The aluminum tubes that Saddam was found to have attempted to smuggle into Iraq--they are banned by the UN, so he was ilegally smuggling them--were manufactured to specifications which far exceeded the ones in effect for conventional weapons, mostly rockets, which the US requires for its own conventional weaponry. Unless you believe that Saddam's conventional weapons are more sophisticated than ours--an opinion which requires passage directly through the looking glass into the Twilight Zone--then you have to admit that the tubes were going to be used for nefarious purposes.

The only half-way decent counter-argument is that that Powell was lying about the tubes.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News