Very interesting perspective. And this makes sense. If any of the terrorist groups had the stash, they'd of probably filmed it and placed it on the web to increase the fear.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: Robert Munn Here is the latest on the story: Russia did not go "on its own". It has been VERY well documented that Russian military suppliers- that means the Russian government, essentially- were dealing arms to Saddam in violation of the UN, over a period of years. When US troops got into Iraq and started fighting Iraqi soldiers, here is a sample of what they found: - Russian-made night-vision googles - Russian-made shoulder-fired SAMS (essentially a knock-off of the Stinger missile) - Russian-made highly specialized RPGs capable of taking out an M1 tank with a single lucky shot Russian officials and companies were also some of the biggest beneficiaries of the Oil-For-Food kickback program. What does this all mean? Russia was in bed with Saddam and we agreed implicitly to turn a blind eye to their involvement if the Russians agreed not to block the invasion. That is how politics works. The Russians were performing a little last-minute CYA when they hauled this stuff away and destroyed as much of the evidence as possible. If the Russians didn't do it, and Santa didn't do it, then who removed 40 truckloads worth of WMD from that facility, and when did it happen? While the 3rd ID was rolling up the road to Baghdad? No one was on those roads except the US military. So in the end, our governments sat by watching and said nothing. Does that surprise you? Some people seem willing to believe the wildest coverup conspiracy theories about this administration but choose not to believe the one coverup story that might actually favor them? Check out the link below. One of the things you see is that Rumsfeld is dropping the hammer on this guy Shaw who blabbed to the Washington Times. Why not let this guy defend his position - a position that bolsters the President's case? Because some things are larger than local politics. Look at the Oil-for-Food scandal. The administration wishes deep down that the whole thing would just go away. Why? They could pound on the French, the Russians, the Chinese, etc. about the scandal, but they have made a strategic choice that building and holding an alliance in the War on Terror comes first and everything else-especially what amounts to water under the bridge- comes second. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.explosives/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133314 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
