doc111
Well-Known Member
First off, not many people believe Saddam had nuclear weapons. In fact I don't ever remember the Bush administration saying that nuclear weapons were believed to be present. He said Saddam was trying to acquire them. As far as chemical weapons storage goes, you have no idea who you are talking to. Not that it's any of your business but I was a combat medic for a Marine Recon Battalion. I served during the first Gulf War, Bosnia and Somalia. I saw combat in all 3 conflicts. Being a recon corpsman I had a vast knowledge of WMD's (I had to go through extensive training on what they are, how they work, how to treat the injuries associated with them and wait for it, wait for it.........how they are stored!). Furthermore, I was a firefighter/paramedic and Hazardous Materials Technician for 15 years. After the 9/11 attacks all firefighters in the U.S. had to be trained in the handling of WMD related injuries which required an extensive class on the subject. Hazmat technicians had to go through even more extensive training. My entire professional life has been spent taking classes and learning the nature of WMD's.........But you're right, I don't know shit.Nuclear weapons need constant maintenance because radiation damage affects the materials and triggering devices that must act together to make the weapon work.
The same is true for chemical & biological weapons, especially nerve agents, they must be stored under inert conditions with the absolute exclusion of oxygen and moisture.
So no, you cant just leave them in 1 of the big yellow storage company's lock up's.
lol how embarrassing.
Peace keeping force in Somalia?
Don't you mean, the piss-taking force in Angola penitentiary in Louisiana?
As for the personal attacks about my military service..............keep 'em coming. Everyone is starting to see your true nature.
It's funny how we still hear the same weak rationale even from people across the pond. I don't really care about nuclear or biological weapons as it pertains to Iraq. Nobody ever made the claim that they had these things. Chemical weapons we know they had but nuclear and biological..............we were simply worried about their desire to seek these technologies out. Granted it is quite a bit more difficult to manufacture and maintain nuclear and biological weapons but chemical weapons basically only need a secure facility. I used to live a couple of hours away from where the country kept its stockpile of VX. The cannisters were kept in cold war era ammunition bunkers. Nothing really special about that. And embargoes don't stop everything from getting in. It would've been about as difficult to get certain illicit items during an embargo as it would've been without an embargo. 
