Originally posted by Maniac II
Yeah.... but what was the reason that they rushed to stop it all. They didnt want it to get out of hand and for them to blow each other away.
Yes, but that's precisely why Pakistan developed nuclear weapons in the first place - doing so put them on an even footing with India. Suddenly, all-out war ceased to be an option. And notice how it's only Pakistan, not India, that threatens to use nuclear weapons in the case of a war. Why? Because as the underdog, it is obviously in Pakistan's interest to dissuade India from attacking, and to encourage other countries to intervene.
But gee.... let me think.... how are Pakistan and Iraq different.... Oh yeah.... one (Iraq) is run by a complete lunitic who has some nasty weapons and is willing to use it to get some attention.
I bow before your superior mind-reading abilities. To be honest, I'm really jealous of you now. I can think of millions of situations where telepathy would be oh, so useful. Especially when we're talking about abilities sufficient to reach all the way to Iraq. I don't suppose this is something you can teach me?
I do apologise... faced with such nonsense, I simply couldn't resist the sarcasm.
Originally posted by Phillip Tanaka
Okay. The text is from the Richard Marcinko novel Green Team,
Well, in that case, it would be an utter waste of time for me to comment on it, except to point out that the writer had an obvious interest in making the bad guys look as bad as possible. Mild-mannered terrorists that object to using biological weapons and are actually quite squeamish about the whole killing thing would make for a great comedy, but I don't think that's this Marcinko's specialty.
As for that idea... well, it's not exactly different to the idea of declaring war. Because that's the only way you'll get the Iraqi government to agree to essentially giving up all their power, as Hartman's idea would require them to.