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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (10481)	4/7/2003 6:07:33 PM
From: sandeep	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14610

I agree that finding WMDs is not the only important thing. The reason I ask war enthusiasts about being in the army is that those people are the ones who are taking the risk. It is easy to send people to fight for us. What do we really do for them? Just cheer on? That seems awfully selfish. So, by nature, I am against war. Since I personally don't want to fight in a war unless it is for our country's survival, I want to be at least sure that our country asks people to fight iff it is for its survival. So, I would like the govt to prove after the fact that this was really a war worth fighting. I have supported the war so far, because I trust the govt - however, I like verification at the end of it.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (10481)	4/7/2003 6:09:53 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Respond to of 14610

Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of TechnologyRelating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 January Through 30 June 2001 Iraq continues to pursue development of SRBM systems that are not prohibited by the United Nations and may be expanding to longer-range systems. Pursuit of UN-permitted missiles continues to allow Baghdad to develop technological improvements and infrastructure that could be applied to a longer-range missile program. We believe that development of the liquid-propellant Al-Samoud SRBM probably is maturing and that a low-level operational capability could be achieved in the near term — which is further suggested by the appearance of four Al Samoud transporter-erector-launchers (TELs) with airframes at the 31 December 2000 Al Aqsa parade. The solid-propellant missile development program may now be receiving a higher priority, and development of the Ababil-100 SRBM – two such airframes and TELs were paraded on 31 December—and possibly longer range systems may be moving ahead rapidly. If economic sanctions against Iraq were lifted, Baghdad probably would increase its attempts to acquire missile-related items from foreign sources, regardless of any future UN monitoring and continuing restrictions on long-range ballistic missile programs. Iraq probably retains a small, covert force of Scud-type missiles. cia.gov