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To: Ilaine who wrote (45621)	5/20/2004 12:12:05 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793834

I just wrote you a very long post and deleted it. Let me leave you with these simple thoughts and personal opinions and observations. I am certain you have not read my book. If you had, we would not be having this conversation. We might be talking but not like this. There is absolutely no reason to compare me or my education to your husband (Kerry did the same thing years ago to Nam Vets.). I believe your husband is a brilliant and wonderful man and I hope a terrific soulmate for you. However, the fact that he is a chemist and Pharmacologist does not an explosives and demolitions expert make. Any SF Demo man could walk into his drugstore and in 30 minutes have charges prepared to take out the entire city block where the store is located. Knowledge is important. Practical knowledge to accomplish the task at hand is everything. I have no schooling in chemistry. Yet after nearly six years as an A Team Demo man, I know tons about using chemicals and where to find them in a city or on a farm. So if you want to ping me about chemical use in warfare get some qualified backup and we'll discuss it. Please don't continue to blow smoke. On the other hand if you want to talk about chemical use in Pharmacology, I'll quickly defer to your husband's knowledge. Ish was talking about chemicals that make bombs not medicine. Ish said, "Just a few weeks ago trucks left the Valley for Jordan, were intercepted and had 20 tons of chemical weapons. If they had finished the mission there would have been 80k killed and 160k blinded or severely." You said, "No, this is not what happened. Jordan intercepted a shipment of agricultural chemicals and explosives. That's not "chemical weapons."" Then you told us your husband agreed and gave us his university pedigree. That was silly. Hell do you realize that if the chemical was soap to wash camels you and your husband might be wrong depending on the type of soap? You have a lot of negative posts here. I hope you get it out here. You also have much to learn about war and your own fear about war and death. (You told us before you cannot look at the video and you think it is ok to ask a Dr to kill you but not to kill yourself.) You are an expert on prison clothing because you look at it everyday. Go ahead and watch the Nick Berg video and begin to get the same first hand knowledge and visuals about terrorism and war. I know education level is important to you...so i'll let you in on mine. I have a BA and a BB. My education in chemicals and explosives continued after my years on A teams. One upon a time I was the deputy nuclear accident/incident control officer (Deputy NAICO) for the SW US. uw