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To: zonder who wrote (4468)2/21/2003 12:51:34 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 15987
 
Not entirely true. Not all biological & chemical warfare is from the air (would you like some in your tapwater perhaps?).

Thanks for conceding the point. (not really) Sure, some poisons can be distributed without high-tech knowhow, but if you're trying to suddenly kill masses of enemy troops, you need high-tech skills.

Besides, would you like to test your "weaponized" argument with VX nerve gas? Do you think it is harmless the way it was sold, before some "weaponization" process that may have taken place in the hands of the Iraqis? Or was it already a weapon?

According to Pollack, we didn't sell the Iraqis VX, the French and the Germans did. Just as the French sold Saddam his first nuclear reactor in 1976. At one point, Iraq constituted 40% of French arms exports. Not that the Pentagon was super-sensitive to chemical warfare in the 80's; we were just anxious to make sure that Iraq didn't lose outright to Khomenei's Iran.
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