From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat Apr 12 2003 - 07:08:29 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote,
> Samantha, when will you learn to stop putting your foot in your mouth?
> We are finding evidence every day, much of which is reported in the US
> media. The defense department is taking samples and waiting for lab
> confirmations before making any declarations, but finding a warehouse
> full of barrels labeled "Mustard" and "Tabun" is a slight smoking gun.
> Finding an underground lab on the same site that UN inspectors had
> 'inspected' that has weapons grade plutonium in it, and finding a
> military transport with a hermetic room for loading bio/chem payloads
> into artillery shells is a bit of a smoking gun.
True. But the converse also applies. Mike, when will you learn to stop
putting your foot in your mouth? The U.S. has announced so many smoking
guns that later didn't pan out, that I am not sure why anybody would listen
to us anymore. Your next sentence makes a lot more sense for everybody:
> Before shooting off at the mouth, I suggest you wait for a
> comprehensive report from the DoD. I expect they intend to lay it all
> out in one big report that will thoroughly discredit the UN as an
> institution capable of weapons monitoring.
In reality, there is ample evidence on both sides of this debate, and none
of it is final yet. I can't blame anybody on /either/ side for believing as
they do. We are getting so much propaganda, spin, false stories, and
mistaken stories, that everybody on all sides are getting plenty of support
for their beliefs. I really hope the U.S. does produce this final official
report showing specific smoking guns. If we don't, we will never be trusted
again.
(And many people, even on this list, don't tend to trust big governments
anyway. It really is a change to see people saying that we have to trust
big government and that is wouldn't lie to us.) The U.S. has set up a lot
of expectation for results, evidence and proof. I hope we don't fail to
deliver or appear to have been lying to the entire world. This gambit of
being the world's policeman will either go extremely well for the U.S.
politically, or will go very badly. World opinion won't remain divided or
on the fence indefinitely.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC <www.HarveyNewstrom.com>
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