[NGTM-1R]

A bow and arrow would be rather an amusing weapon for a terrorist to use, actually...in the confined spaces of an aircraft it's far too unwieldy.

The folks whose heads I want on pikes are the ones who wouldn't let someone carry his Medal of Honor in his carryon luggage.

[Descenter]

Originally posted by ngtm1r
The folks whose heads I want on pikes are the ones who wouldn't let someone carry his Medal of Honor in his carryon luggage.

[Charismatic]

Peral Harbor? Bah. REMEMBER THE ALAMO! >) (Beat that!)

[deep_eyes]

yes DARLINGS were still not over the fact that, Sadam had weapons of mass destruction!!!!!!!!!!!!! (so why the **** we still in iraq again lol?!)

[Deepblue]

Where did the WMDs go?

*thinks about gassed Kurds*

[Kosh]

Is anyone else planning on flying soon? I know I am.

[Fenrir]

Yups. In just a few days.

[Kosh]

Where are you heading?


EDIT: And I'm just curious, I'm not planning on stalking anyone or anything.

[Fenrir]

Just heading back home from college. I'm schooling in Idaho whereas I live in Beaverton, OR.

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by ngtm1r
The folks whose heads I want on pikes are the ones who wouldn't let someone carry his Medal of Honor in his carryon luggage.

Sickening.

If we can have a law protecting the flag, can't we have a law that allows someone who has served with enough distinguishment to earn such a decoration to at least carry it with him?

[vyper]

Originally posted by EtherShock
The government has something up their sleeves. Maybe it's those back scatter X-ray machines. Whatever it is, it's not good.

Yes, I can see womens groups being over the ****ing moon about that one.

[Ulala]

Originally posted by Fenrir
Just heading back home from college. I'm schooling in Idaho whereas I live in Beaverton, OR.

[derail]That's cool, I'm going to school in Corvallis, OR, couple hours south of Beaverton.[/derail] Carry on.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Deepblue
Where did the WMDs go?

*thinks about gassed Kurds*

I dunno, ask your VP  - he helped sell them to the Iraqis.........

They were quite possibly destroyed.  Hans Blix IIRC has pointed out that the Iraqis might very well have destroyed them and not admitted as such simply out of pride.

IIRC a great deal of the 'evidence' of the extent of Iraqs WMD came from a defector from 1995, Hussain Kamal (a Lt.General and Saddams son in law).  What was left out was that this defector also said those programs had been disbanded in 1993 - under his command -  as any response to their use would be nuclear.

According to Scott Ritter, one of the inspectors, UNSCOM was prepared to make a statement in 1995 that Iraq had been fundamentally disarmed; i.e. that 90 to 95 percent of weapons had been accounted for (http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/44/news-wiener.php).

The assumption that Iraq would have WMD was one of the main ways (some) people were to be blinkered into believing the war was just.  The administration knew people would expect Iraq to have WMD - regardless of any actual evidence - and used it as an excuse.

[Kosh]

Originally posted by Deepblue
Where did the WMDs go?

*thinks about gassed Kurds*

Don't forget that it was the Americans (namely the Reagan administration) who let him get control of those weapons in the first place. Not only that the Americans condoned it and said it was "ok" for him to do it.

The assumption that Iraq would have WMD was one of the main ways (some) people were to be blinkered into believing the war was just. The administration knew people would expect Iraq to have WMD - regardless of any actual evidence - and used it as an excuse.

And it still amazes me how many people actually fell for it. Well, then again not really.


EDIT: But this whole thing is really off topic.