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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (16042)	4/27/2003 9:44:14 PM
From: Sojourner Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

The only argument that I can see someone posing is that the US could have stopped the Iraq wmd programs amother way. I, of course, feel the US did the right thing. Anyone who denies the Saddam had wmd, is truely biased toward anti-American Islamic extremists and is denying all facts. The UN clearly documents that the Saddam had a bio/chem program and used them.

To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (16042)	4/27/2003 10:07:38 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 21614

According to the definitions I've found of WMD's every country has them, enjoy: THE FBI DEFINES WMD BY DEGREE OF DAMAGE INFLICTED BY IT USE FBI, "The FBI and Weapons of Mass Destruction," August 1999 (http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/norfolk/wmd.htm) "Mass casualties and extensive property damage are the trademarks of weapons of mass destruction, making their detection, prevention, and destruction an FBI priority. A weapon of mass destruction (WMD), though typically associated with nuclear/radiological, chemical, or biological agents, may also take the form of explosives, such as in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1995. A weapon crosses the WMD threshold when the consequences of its release overwhelm local responders." WMD ARE LARGE DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES NOT JUST LIMITED TO NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL A CONGRESSIONAL STATUTORY DEFINITION OF WMD mors.org "In 1994, Congress established the legal definition of a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in 18 U.S.C. 2332a. Basically, they are large destructive devices such as vehicle bombs (conventional weapons of mass destruction - CWMD) and chemical, biological or radiological weapons usually triggered by or incorporating a destructive device (special weapons of mass destruction - SWMD). This action by Congress continued the official policy of the United States in regard to terrorist acts, treating them as criminal conduct."

To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (16042)	4/28/2003 7:07:25 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 21614

Unluckily US blew it badly when not allowing UN inspectors. Now, those gases from earlier dilemmas, the funnier thing is obviously the changing directions the US is taking, spinning around as usual. However, where did you ever get any opinions in contrast to "But the UN even aknowledged that that the Kurds were killed by chem weapons" Additionally, to my knowledge there has been no CIA agent who would have "There was one ex-CIA agent that challenged the Kurd attack" as an attack. The point was from what side the chemical attack came, although it often also is difficult to figure out who is what in border-regions, especially under full fledged war.