There's Always WMD!
Okay, so there isn’t a connection to Al-Qaeda (which I said a long time ago) in Iraq. Iraq did have links to some terrorist groups but channeled them at his enemies, such as exiles and Kurds and the like. Reprehensible sure, but a threat to the US, no. However, we still have WMD to go after! Kind of? Who knows. Interestingly, this isn’t about foreign soil. Well unless you count females as foreign soil, which might not be such a bad idea.
I have decided that women are weapons of mass destruction, and there must be some way to harness the potential for devastation that they possess. I am looking for volunteers to travel with me and capture some of these creatures (I know Grant’s down already) and begin tests on placing them into very large catapulting systems or missile warheads and dropping them into places where it’s difficult to subdue a population. We wait several weeks (fall out and all) and then invade. What could go wrong?!
Sadly, I don’t have anything interesting to write about today. I did notice that it feels like snow in my future. It’s grey out and dropping in temperature again. I’m saddened by this, because once again there will be the weather crippled people out driving again. I swear, every time there is a change in the weather people’s driving IQ goes down a couple notches and I’m in danger of being side swiped on a regular basis.
Happy news! I played “The Darkness” on PS3 with my son, he’s very analytical. He figures the puzzles out about as quickly as I do. If only I could get him to lower his voice, he’s got a huge set of lungs on him. I think I’m deaf on the right side now lol.
There is an obvious link between terrorism and Iraq – their country is full of brown people, our current trend for bombing targets. Plus which they don’t like us these days for no reason at all. But I think we could strengthen our ties if we exchanged WMD’s. We’ll send them our spoiled women for a quick education, and they cand send their downtrodden women to Japan to become ideal J-wives (read: slaves), and the Japanese can send their women to me to help with the declining population problem. I think I can impregnate about 10 a day, so any overflow will be diverted to you.
I have submitted such documentation over to the Japanese government, I am awaiting word. I’ll inform you once I have obtained authorization from them to begin. Why is it, our government never has good ideas like this? =-(
Hi Prata,
Anticipating your response to the synopsis of a report leak today, I have copied some salient points provided from over at Right Wing News. I think the documentation found pretty much destroys your theis statements
“Iraq did have links to some terrorist groups but channeled them at his enemies, such as exiles and Kurds and the like. Reprehensible sure, but a threat to the US, no.
Our leftwing friends leaped with glee on the leak about this report – because the leak had that the report was all about how Saddam wasn’t connected to al-Qaeda. This was a false leak – the report doesn’t say that. What it says (page ES-1) is that no “smoking gun” was discovered showing a direct connection between Saddam’s regime and al Qaeda. This is a far cry from the leaked assertion that Saddam had nothing to do with al Qaeda. Further undermining the series of lies the left has spread about Saddam and terrorism, the report notes that Saddam’s regime had strong ties to various Islamic fundamentalist terrorist organizations – the left assuring us endlessly that Saddam’s allegedly secular regime was the sworn enemy of Islamic fundamentalism, and thus Saddam would never have cooperated with al Qaeda.
The report has some other interesting facts:
1. In 1999, the top ten graduates of Saddam’s terrorist training were dispatched to London, on call at a moment’s notice to conduct terrorist operations around the world.
2. Saddam’s terror masters stockpiled weapons (via “diplomatic pouch” to Saddamite embassies) in Romania, Greece, Austria, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Czech Republic, Turkey, Yemen, Azerbaijan, Lebanon and the Gulf States.
3. As war impended in 2002, Saddam’s terror masters concerned themselves with how to dispose of these terrorist weapon stockpiles in nations likely to come in to the anti-Saddam coaltion.
4. Saddam’s intelligence service developed high tech car bomb technology as early as 1999.
5. Saddam’s intelligence service developed means of smuggling suicide vests past checkpoints.
6. Saddam’s intelligence service developed means of producing IED’s as early as August of 2001.
7. There is a memo dated September 22, 2001 listing highly educated, Baath party members who are designated for suicide terrorist actions.
8. An August 2002 memo indicates that Saddam’s intelligence service will set up suicide training for non-Iraqi suicide volunteers during the summer vacation period.
9. A 1993 memo detailing Saddam’s support for Fatah, Palestine Liberation Front, Force 17 (a Palestinian terror group), Renewal and Jihad Organization, The Palestinian Abd al-Bari al-Duwaik, Islamic Jihad Organization, Islamic Ulama Group, The Afghani Islamic Party, Jam’iyat Ulama Pakistan.
10. A 1993 memo showing Saddam providing training for terrorists from Palestine, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Eritrea and Morrocco.
11. A 1993 memo showing that Saddam wanted to use his trained terrorists to kill Americans bringing humanitarian assistence to Somalia.
12. A September, 2001 memo showing Saddam wanting to work with Islamic radicals to undermine the Kuwait government.
13. A 2001 memo showing that various Palestinian terror cells were at Saddam’s disposal as a quid-pro-quo for Saddam’s support for Palestinian terror groups.
14. A January, 1988 memo showing Saddam providing $2.5 million to the terrorist Abu Abbas (who was later found dead in Saddam’s Iraq right before the start of the liberation).
15. A pre-9/11 memo from 2001 showing Saddam’s agents carrying out deliberate attacks on American aid workers.
16. A July, 2001 memo showing a direct interest by Saddam’s regime in working with the bin-Laden affiliated terror group, The Army of Muhammed.
Unless Saddam felt it was neccessary to dispatch terrorists to London or felt that American Aid workers were violent Kurdish sympathizers, I think there is pretty clear evidence here that Saddam was into international (as in a threat to us and everyone else) terrorism.
Man..you made me have to go through the trouble of having to login so I could say this….
I didn’t even jump for joy..I just found it interesting.
I took a quiz because _someone_ wouldn’t leave me alone about it….did you know I’m more of a socialist than even remotely Democratic? I found that interesting as well.
I think I said this before….a long time ago…in a distant galaxy, that if you and I send money to the same charity at some point in the past…that doesn’t make either of us linked in any operational way.
And I think I said..a long long time ago..in this galaxy…Saddam’s regime was very very distrustful (and it’s in that same report) of Al-Qaeda…and on at least one occasion (this was reported in a publication that I really just don’t feel like digging up again) refused help from Osama bin Laden. There was a report published in 2006 stating this. Came some time in December.
Interestingly…the organization is very much amorphous and so tracking who belongs to who and who supports what…can be tricky for intelligence and any individual to pin down with high accuracy for any amount of time. I can live with that…
Also interestingly, Sept. 11th went into planning back in 1996. Some attribute this to bin Laden’s preference for going back to targets he’d missed before.
Oh..and I don’t recall saying that he didn’t have ties to any terrorist organizations at all. I just said…Al-Qaeda….Jeez..talk about bein’ excited hehe…
Really…if it meant that much to ya..I could have devoted a whole post to it..but I really didn’t have anything to say other than…”a report said what I said about Al-Qaeda”.
Anyhow…thanks for the information…I appreciate it.
If that’s all you meant, then why did you say that Iraq was no threat to the US? Clearly if they were dispatching terrorists to foriegn soil, planning terrorism through diplomatic channels, and planning to attack American Aid workers, they were a threat to everyone else. Come on now, I know that you are an intelligent person. You can write what you mean better than that. What you wrote in the initial post was incorrect. Sorry about that.
BTW – Of course I know that you are more of a socialist than a Democrat. I’m much more of a Free-Market capitalist than a Republican. That’s life in these here United States.
Well you know what..you’re right, I did type that. I don’t think I meant to type that. I will say this though..I don’t think Iraq was capable of being a threat in a military sense, but that isn’t really relevant I don’t think at this point…I’m not versed enough (ie I haven’t picked up a book to read about it in depth..but you provide plenty of information on your own) to really speak with any intellectual accuracy on it…..yet -_- Give me a couple days? lol
Does this mean we don’t have to do battle in the grocery store? See and I was looking forward to it. =-/ You always ruin everything! *slams the door* ^_^
By the way..could you tell me why no one in the government has bothered to institute good plans such as foreign female exchange for helping with say…Japan’s population crisis, Gary? Because I’m not sure about you, but I know that it would really work out pretty well for me. I’m just sayin’.
I’m not up on that one: What is Japan’s problem? I am anticipating China having a big problem because of their one child policy and their penchant for selectively aborting girls. You have to figure that can’t go on indefinitely. Eventually, demand will outstrip supply. I’m telling my daughters to keep their eyes open for wealthy Asian gentlemen looking for brides. If they can adjust to the culture, they should be able to do quite well.
Oh Japan’s issue is interesting. A decline in population, which normally you’d think is good; however, their population is declining due to lack of births. They are not even keeping up with the rate of death over there. Which is interesting…I think part of the problem is lack of interest. Can you imagine living and workingin a society where you are not interested at all in copulating?
Japan has one of the most active sex female communities in the sex industry (toys and the like), so it’s probably a problem with the men.
China’s problem is very interesting as well, and I know this sounds like a stereotype…it’s true..a lot of asian men go for blondes. They also find curly hair interesting and large breasts. I really thought that wasn’t true until I examined the people around me. I hang out with almost exclusively asian people and grew up around them. It’s kind of accurate, evidenced by some of my asian female friends who discuss what their husbands or boyfriends prefer looking at in passing and in porn.
I hadn’t realized that Japan was undergoing the declining birth rate also. I know that birth rates are declining in much of Europe, and that America’s population growth is largely a function of immigration (legal and otherwise). It seems to be a symptom of the largely industrialized countries. Lots of theories; no solid conclusions. I do find it sad that many times (not all, certainly) the people who have the largest families are the ones that can least afford them. At any rate, I don’t think foreign women would do Japan much good. They would have to come from cultures where large families were still prized, and that probably would not sit well with the modern Japanese men. The world of the 22nd century will be a very different looking place I think.
What’s interesting about Japan’s decline in population is the odd nature of the decline. It’s very sharp in comparison to other countries. It’s seeing a large exodus of people (to the US and other countries) as well as seeing a declining birth rate. There has been much news about it in certain circles, with the government trying to figure out how to increase the Japanese birthrate.
I’m very interested in how the next century (assuming we’ve not annihilated ourselves from the planet lol) will see humanity through.