Replies to post #7324 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Tom K]

Shhhhhhhhh!!!

Don't let everyone know! Of course the U.S. never landed on the moon. It was big government propaganda campaign. But did you know visitors from outer space live among us. It's true. The government is still trying to keep a lid on it. BTW, there never was a Nazi holocaust. It's a big jewish lie. And lastly, Colin Powell is either a dupe or an outright liar. Those satelite pics came straight from the MGM backlot and the Iraqi audio recording were obvious fakes. Boy, does he take us for fools?

[ergo sum]

you
I don't lay awake at night with the fear of Saddam launching a nuke at the U.S. mainland, nor do I envision the Republican Guard storming Daytona Beach. I do fear a biological weapon in the hands of Al Qaida or Islamic Jihad - a weapon that could easily be deployed in the HVAC system of a large office building, a shopping mall, or a domed stadium. I also fear a radiological "dirty bomb" being detonated on a rooftop in one of our large population centers.

me
Back a few post you stated that you didn't see Iraq as such a threat except as it might aid Al Queda. But when I pointed out to you that there are any number of suppliers of these weapons your response seemed to be contradictory to me.

I don't know how many in your building example but lots.

Your turn
I wonder if you could delineate for me the successful military campaigns of the last 50 years? It seems to me that the most successful from the viewpoint of today had to be Vietnam.