World Affairs Board - View Single Post - Very interesting article about Saddam & WMD

Ray · 02-11-2004, 02:05 AM

This post is basically prompted by Trooth's post.

May I request all who wish to reply to this post to show some patience and leave their jingoist baggage in the closet for at least this time?

I request all potential candidates who will haul me over the coals i.e. flamers to read the article 'Victory Disease' that has been published in the Military Review written by an US military officer. It is an excellent article not only for Americans to read, but surprisingly for even Indians and others who feel that they are better than others.

We cannot get away from the fact that (as Trooth pointed out) that we have been conned that Saddam had WsMD and was a threat to civilisation. He has None. He may have been an ass to talk BIG, but then, if talking BIG is a fault, then it is another question.

Compare the danger to the world. Saddam had NO Weapons of MD. He was attacked. To believe that the CIA is a bunch of cretins and chumps is doing disservice to the great worked they have done so far. Yet no attack has been organised to knock off Pakistan where their nuclear bomb hero QA Khan SOLD nuclear secrets and EQUIPMENT to Libya, North Korea and Iran! The saving grace is that Musharraf has capped the disease at serious personal risk, both politically and with his life. The Muslim fundamentalists will not take it lying down. Yet, the US, which is the bastion of world safety, is pussyfooting. And so is India pussyfooting. The US was well aware many years back that he was selling the secrets. Then, why this moral indignation of the US at North Korea having nuclear arsenal? Why didn't they stop it? Political expediency. But at what risks? US soldiers in South Korea are now up a gum tree.

My question to all is that: OK, there were missiles a wee beyond the authorised range in Iraq, but where are the WMD?

I have no qualms about going to war against anyone who violates the rules. I bought the theory that Saddam had WMD. But, what I hate is that I have been conned by fat cats.

Blix was not sure that there are WsMD.. Al Baradi was categorical; Kay says its ******** and so does that British expert whose name skips my mind [not the guy who killed himself]. So, who do I believe?

And here is my neighbour's hero of the Islamic bomb using the blackmarket to get richer and selling stuff to Al Qaeda! Lest you think he is wrong, well the way the world has gone against the Islamic chaps, they too have to look after their own. However, he made a personal fortune in the bargain. That is not Islamic.

So, friends, what is the answer? Tarry a while before condemning. We, too, are at fault. Doctor, heal thyself as the saying goes.

02-11-2004, 02:05 AM	#34 (permalink)
Ray Postmaster General *Military Professional* Join Date: 08-20-03 Posts: 27,281 Country:	This post is basically prompted by Trooth's post. May I request all who wish to reply to this post to show some patience and leave their jingoist baggage in the closet for at least this time? I request all potential candidates who will haul me over the coals i.e. flamers to read the article 'Victory Disease' that has been published in the Military Review written by an US military officer. It is an excellent article not only for Americans to read, but surprisingly for even Indians and others who feel that they are better than others. We cannot get away from the fact that (as Trooth pointed out) that we have been conned that Saddam had WsMD and was a threat to civilisation. He has None. He may have been an ass to talk BIG, but then, if talking BIG is a fault, then it is another question. Compare the danger to the world. Saddam had NO Weapons of MD. He was attacked. To believe that the CIA is a bunch of cretins and chumps is doing disservice to the great worked they have done so far. Yet no attack has been organised to knock off Pakistan where their nuclear bomb hero QA Khan SOLD nuclear secrets and EQUIPMENT to Libya, North Korea and Iran! The saving grace is that Musharraf has capped the disease at serious personal risk, both politically and with his life. The Muslim fundamentalists will not take it lying down. Yet, the US, which is the bastion of world safety, is pussyfooting. And so is India pussyfooting. The US was well aware many years back that he was selling the secrets. Then, why this moral indignation of the US at North Korea having nuclear arsenal? Why didn't they stop it? Political expediency. But at what risks? US soldiers in South Korea are now up a gum tree. My question to all is that: OK, there were missiles a wee beyond the authorised range in Iraq, but where are the WMD? I have no qualms about going to war against anyone who violates the rules. I bought the theory that Saddam had WMD. But, what I hate is that I have been conned by fat cats. Blix was not sure that there are WsMD.. Al Baradi was categorical; Kay says its ******** and so does that British expert whose name skips my mind [not the guy who killed himself]. So, who do I believe? And here is my neighbour's hero of the Islamic bomb using the blackmarket to get richer and selling stuff to Al Qaeda! Lest you think he is wrong, well the way the world has gone against the Islamic chaps, they too have to look after their own. However, he made a personal fortune in the bargain. That is not Islamic. So, friends, what is the answer? Tarry a while before condemning. We, too, are at fault. Doctor, heal thyself as the saying goes. __________________ "Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination." I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. HAKUNA MATATA