Another case of missing WMD?

FIREWALL · 09-26-09, 12:52 AM

I definately know how to bring a thread to a lockjawed stanstill.

Arclight · 09-26-09, 02:06 AM

Everyone is waiting for that nuke to fall.

MothBalls · 09-26-09, 02:10 AM

I do think that it's only a matter of time. I think it was in the movie Peacemaker when the female agent said "I'm not worried about the dictator who wants to add 10 missiles to his arsenal, I'm worried about the bastard who wants just one". Iran reminds me of that statement for some reason.

The Doomsday Clock has already considered Iran into it's equation two years ago. The only thing that worries me is the SOB has already made statements about wiping other countries off of the face of the earth and denied the Holocaust happened. He's a nutjob, in power, just like Saddam was.

I don't know if it was an intelligence failure in Iraq. Just because they didn't find them, doesn't mean they didn't exist. It was debated for a year in public, plenty of time to move/relocate/hide them. They may still be there. They may be somewhere else. They may have never existed. Hopefully, we won't find out the hard way.

For those not familiar with the Doomsday clock, the time-line is a good read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_clock

It's now 5 minutes to midnight. It hasn't been that close since 1984.

Foxtrot · 09-26-09, 03:51 AM

Summary of this thread:

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.

XabbaRus · 09-26-09, 06:44 AM

Saddam was quite sane compared to ahmadinnerjacket.

Jimbuna · 09-26-09, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Saddam was quite sane compared to ahmadinnerjacket.

If both the above had the capability I am convinced the latter (when taking into account the anti west stance of the governing elite) would be far more likely to use them.

There's is something about those who feel it is glorious and better to become a martyr in death that absolutely terrifies me.

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Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Everyone is waiting for that nuke to fall. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

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Foxtrot Ensign Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 231 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Summary of this thread: There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. __________________ And when the plane got down to, 'The plane is 10 miles out,' the young man also said to the vice president, 'Do the orders still stand?' And the vice president turned and whipped his neck around and said, 'Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?' Well, at the time I didn't know what all that meant.

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Saddam was quite sane compared to ahmadinnerjacket. __________________

09-26-09, 02:10 AM	#3
MothBalls Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I do think that it's only a matter of time. I think it was in the movie Peacemaker when the female agent said "I'm not worried about the dictator who wants to add 10 missiles to his arsenal, I'm worried about the bastard who wants just one". Iran reminds me of that statement for some reason. The Doomsday Clock has already considered Iran into it's equation two years ago. The only thing that worries me is the SOB has already made statements about wiping other countries off of the face of the earth and denied the Holocaust happened. He's a nutjob, in power, just like Saddam was. I don't know if it was an intelligence failure in Iraq. Just because they didn't find them, doesn't mean they didn't exist. It was debated for a year in public, plenty of time to move/relocate/hide them. They may still be there. They may be somewhere else. They may have never existed. Hopefully, we won't find out the hard way. For those not familiar with the Doomsday clock, the time-line is a good read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_clock It's now 5 minutes to midnight. It hasn't been that close since 1984.