"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:02:07 +0000, NOYB wrote:


"thunder" wrote in message
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LOL, then he was clearly wrong, as there are no WMD.

You sure about that? There's no way every intelligence agency in the
Western World was wrong about their existance. I know that we'll find
'em
eventually. I just hope that it's before the election. Unfortunately,
I
believe that it will require troops in Syria...and that won't happen
until
Bush's 2nd term.

LOL, I don't think I could disagree with you more. First, *if* Bush is
reelected, both he and the Army will still have their hands full with
Iraq. I don't think even Bush is dumb enough to start yet another war.

Although some might perceive it as *another* war, it would *not* be another
war. Rather, it would be just a continuation of the current one.




Second, no country would risk our wrath by accepting Iraq's WMD, *if* they
existed. A terrorist network, perhaps, but no country.

I disagree. Syria was stupid enough to send military aid and terrorists to
Iraq. They were also dumb enough to skirt the oil embargo, hide Saddam's
money, and give sanctuary to many of the Baath Party officials from Saddam's
regime (possible even Saddam and his sons initially). Of course, seeing how
serious we were about making them the next target, they stopped supplying
the military hardware, and threw out the officials. Perhaps they accepted
the WMD, but later figured that either: a) turning them over would still not
prevent a U.S. attack, or b) they could hide them effectively enough, and we
couldn't find them unless we actually invaded Syria. I believe "b".


All of the WMD
Iraq was accused of having, has a shelf life of 3-5 years.

Not the bioweapon cultures...and certainly not the technology on how to make
them.

Why would
Syria want WMD that is rapidly turning to goo.

The bugs from the bioweapons could be replicated easily and kept alive
indefinitely...and the technology would never "turn to goo".


For a country, it is the
capability to make WMD that is important, not the WMD itself.

Even David Kay speculated that Iraq shipped to Syria small quantities of WMD
and the technology to produce them .

Let me once
again state, Syria and Iraq are not allied. Syria sided with Iran in the
Iran-Iraq War, and the US in the first Gulf War.

So? They also traded oil for cash with Saddam, and backed him with weapons
when we invaded.


Third, there were several intelligence sources that didn't believe Iraq
was in possession of WMD capabilities when we invaded, including many
agents in our own agencies.

Are you talking about that pedophile that was part of UNSCOM?