Comments on: Pay No Attention To The WMDs Behind That Curtain http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Black Jack http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/comment-page-1/#comment-7139 Black Jack Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:41:43 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/#comment-7139 Most are degraded, but some are in pristine condition. All are apparently from the Iran War period. Saddam said such munitions were all destroyed, no one believed him of course, and although the inspectors looked, they couldn't find them. Now, while these are chemical weapons, and can be legitimately identified as WMD, they are for the most part, artillery rounds intended for battlefield use against Saddam's neighbors and indigenous populations. I'll wait for more of the report to be declassified before I call them WMDs in the same general category as atomic weapons. It may well turn out accounts of these munitions are of little real consequence, but on the other hand, they may only be the least alarming few sentences in a much more detailed report. Time will tell. Most are degraded, but some are in pristine condition. All are apparently from the Iran War period. Saddam said such munitions were all destroyed, no one believed him of course, and although the inspectors looked, they couldn’t find them.

Now, while these are chemical weapons, and can be legitimately identified as WMD, they are for the most part, artillery rounds intended for battlefield use against Saddam’s neighbors and indigenous populations.

I’ll wait for more of the report to be declassified before I call them WMDs in the same general category as atomic weapons. It may well turn out accounts of these munitions are of little real consequence, but on the other hand, they may only be the least alarming few sentences in a much more detailed report. Time will tell.

]]> By: Roland Hesz http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/comment-page-1/#comment-7090 Roland Hesz Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:31:52 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/#comment-7090 LMAO... Yes, what justification does the US need? Apart from being the US? Saddam: We don't have WMDs! Rumsfeld: Yes you have! We kept the receipts you know! Trying so hard... Not that it matters anymore, that suddenly, oh looky, we found it after spending several years, oh my, we got it right here, see? LMAO…

Yes, what justification does the US need? Apart from being the US?

Saddam: We don’t have WMDs!
Rumsfeld: Yes you have! We kept the receipts you know!

Trying so hard… Not that it matters anymore, that suddenly, oh looky, we found it after spending several years, oh my, we got it right here, see?

]]> By: A Blog For All http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/comment-page-1/#comment-6989 A Blog For All Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:26:53 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/#comment-6989 <strong>About Those WMD Claims...</strong> To me, the existence of these older WMD shows that Iraq didn't comply with UN SCR 687, which required the destruction of all WMD - not some, or most WMD. That they're in a degraded state could suggest that they were mishandled and/or lost by the Iraq... About Those WMD Claims…

To me, the existence of these older WMD shows that Iraq didn’t comply with UN SCR 687, which required the destruction of all WMD – not some, or most WMD. That they’re in a degraded state could suggest that they were mishandled and/or lost by the Iraq…

]]> By: AGITPROP: Version 3.0, Featuring Blogenfreude http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/comment-page-1/#comment-6957 AGITPROP: Version 3.0, Featuring Blogenfreude Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:57:04 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/#comment-6957 <strong>Them WMDs Must Be Here Somewheres ......</strong> By now, you all know that Little Ricky said last night on Fox News that they'd finally found those elusive WMDs, the existence of which was put forward as the first of many reasons we went to war. Of course,... Them WMDs Must Be Here Somewheres ……

By now, you all know that Little Ricky said last night on Fox News that they’d finally found those elusive WMDs, the existence of which was put forward as the first of many reasons we went to war. Of course,…

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/comment-page-1/#comment-6922 Gaius Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:58:38 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/#comment-6922 I'm not spinning anything. They were there. Period. We had complete justification to go to war on the basis of cease-fire violations and did not need any other justification whatsoever. I’m not spinning anything. They were there. Period. We had complete justification to go to war on the basis of cease-fire violations and did not need any other justification whatsoever.

]]> By: The Heretik » Blog Archive » Comedy http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/comment-page-1/#comment-6919 The Heretik » Blog Archive » Comedy Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:50:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/#comment-6919 [...] Comedy? Hoekstra asked for the de classification of the key points himself. And Fox News has what it calls an official adminstration response that denies the WMD here are anything we would have gone to war over. Fox News and the Bush Administration? They are in on the conspiracy too. Against the Bush Administration. If Saddam wasn’t manufacturing WMD, it looks like someone is working very hard to create a WMD scandal where there is none. But maybe that is just spin, the spin of the left. Or something. [...] [...] Comedy? Hoekstra asked for the de classification of the key points himself. And Fox News has what it calls an official adminstration response that denies the WMD here are anything we would have gone to war over. Fox News and the Bush Administration? They are in on the conspiracy too. Against the Bush Administration. If Saddam wasn’t manufacturing WMD, it looks like someone is working very hard to create a WMD scandal where there is none. But maybe that is just spin, the spin of the left. Or something. [...]

]]> By: Jim O'Hara http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/comment-page-1/#comment-6908 Jim O'Hara Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:58:30 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-wmds-behind-that-curtain/#comment-6908 > trying to spin this one makes the spinner look desperate Totally agree. Is this the "smoking gun that could be a mushroom cloud / capable of killing millions" that the administration kept repeating over and over, to scare people into supporting the invasion of Iraq? These shells are why we invaded? You even acknowledge that the military admits this isn't serious, yet you're trying to spin into a "See! There were WMDs! Vindication!" Silly indeed. As I said in a previous post, do you think Saddam had these shells stashed in a secret environmentally controlled lair (to keep the sarin stable) with the full intent of using them someday? Or are these random shells found in the thousands of munitions bunkers scattered around Iraq? Jim > trying to spin this one makes the spinner look desperate

Totally agree. Is this the “smoking gun that could be a mushroom cloud / capable of killing millions” that the administration kept repeating over and over, to scare people into supporting the invasion of Iraq? These shells are why we invaded? You even acknowledge that the military admits this isn’t serious, yet you’re trying to spin into a “See! There were WMDs! Vindication!” Silly indeed.

As I said in a previous post, do you think Saddam had these shells stashed in a secret environmentally controlled lair (to keep the sarin stable) with the full intent of using them someday? Or are these random shells found in the thousands of munitions bunkers scattered around Iraq?

Jim

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