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Title: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: me on August 15, 2015, 09:45:40 PM
Don't want to hear/see any bashing here just opinions about these articles.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html  Lengthy but there are links to documents at the end of this one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/15/world/middleeast/isis-suspected-of-chemical-attack-against-kurds-in-syria.html?rref=world/middleeast
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: Exterminator on August 17, 2015, 09:13:05 AM
The first article is about leftover munitions provided to Iraq by the Reagan administration in a deal arranged by then special envoy Donald Rumsfeld.  They are no longer viable for use as weapons but remain an environmental hazard.
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: me on August 17, 2015, 11:48:35 AM
I think what irritates me most about this is the way the guys who are coming into contact with these are being, or should I say not being, treated and if I read it right it started years ago not just with the current administration. Does the blame go to congress or the presidents on this or a little of both?
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: Exterminator on August 17, 2015, 01:43:00 PM
Quote from: me on August 17, 2015, 11:48:35 AM
I think what irritates me most about this is the way the guys who are coming into contact with these are being, or should I say not being, treated and if I read it right it started years ago not just with the current administration. Does the blame go to congress or the presidents on this or a little of both?

Agreed.
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: me on August 17, 2015, 05:50:19 PM
Quote from: Exterminator on August 17, 2015, 01:43:00 PM
Agreed.
Oh no, we're gonna have snow in Aug. or hell's gonna freeze over or something..........We are actually agreeing on something...... :eek: :spooked:
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: Exterminator on August 18, 2015, 09:31:09 AM
 :biggrin:
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: Bo D on August 18, 2015, 11:34:48 AM
I sense a disturbance in the force.
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: Exterminator on August 18, 2015, 12:54:36 PM
LOL!
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: me on August 18, 2015, 01:41:12 PM
Quote from: Bo D on August 18, 2015, 11:34:48 AM
I sense a disturbance in the force.
Be afwade.....be vewy afwade.......... :help:  :read:
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: Palehorse on August 18, 2015, 05:20:45 PM
Fear not my dear friends, for this shall be short lived.

What you are experiencing is the after effects of the perseid meteor shower event we just passed through. You will soon be instructed to return your trays to their upright, storage positions in preparation for the impending final approach for landing. . .  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: WMD's???? Really????
Post by: me on August 18, 2015, 05:41:45 PM
Thank goodness I was really worried there for a minute.  :smile: