Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
"Al Qaeda is nothing more than the front of the anti American coalition."
That has yet to be proven in any intel circles. By faceless I thought you meant invisible or something.
"Wrong. That's B/S for public consuntion. There are many ways to make that signature vague enogh to be untraceble. There were Soviet plants build for only this porpouse. Besides, if the nuke was stolen from a Russian depot you will never be able to track the user."
Well, the signature of the fissionable material is identifiable, and altering it may or may not be feasible. You can't flat out say that its wrong without stronger evidence. I am no nuclear engineer, but I don't see how your argument holds up.
"I still remember how that scant hours before the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, the Iranians released the hostages. (That is likely ancient history to many of you, but it is certainly pertinent.) Why? Because they were afraid we would kick their sorry butts."
The way I read history as is that it was more of an Anti-Carter move by the revolutionaries. Carter did try a military solution which failed. I doubt the instant Reagan was in power he would be able to change the fact that US forces couldn't rescue those people.
[ February 27, 2003, 04:22: Message edited by: Instar ]
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