On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:05:44 -0600, Big John
wrote:

Rich

Get off the soap box with that troll.

Saddam shot at our aircraft almost every day when they flew in the
Iraq 'no fly' zone imposed after he was kicked out of Kuait. If
someone keeps shooting at you what do you do ??? turn the other cheek
and pass air?

It was well document by both Iraq and the UN that he had WMD in the
years prior to the current war. He would not let the UN confirm he had
destroyed them so one must conclude he still had some/all of them. He
had used some in country (Kurds) and also in the War with Iran so
every one knew he had.

There were stories in the news as well as several programs that showed
the results of his use of WMD in the north on the ethnic groups who
oppose him.


He may have been shooting his mouth off about quanity but what he was
threatening his neighbors with warrented a change of govenment.

And the Iranians lost how many troops along the border? I don't
remember the number it was a lot.

I have gotten a number of reports from the 'troops' through my
military channels and via military friends. Next one I get may try to
cut and paste to bring up on thread for those who live by the bar and
5 o'clock follies.

Then there were the tremendous casualties Iran suffered along the
border and their deaths appeared to be much like the ones in the
north.

It's as simple as "He had 'em, he used 'em, and now we can't find
them."

For those who think finding WMD should be easy, they should note the
Migs that were unearthed near the one air base.

It should be noted, we did not find those planes. The only reason we
became aware of them was the shifting sands of the desert which
uncovered the tail fins.

A few should stop and ask themselves, "If we can't find several of the
largest fighter planes in the world buried within a couple miles of
the air bases, how in the world are we going to find items that are
far easier to hide?"

It's "my understanding", although Iraq has oil fields they are small
potatoes compared to the rest of the region. They are not a large oil
producing nation.

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Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com


Big John