[FairOpinion]

It seems everyone has been complacent for years, living in blissful ignorance and denial of the threat.

[justa-hairyape]

It seems everyone has been complacent for years, living in blissful ignorance and denial of the threat.

Living in the Matrix. I like to think the matrix cages that humanoids were held in (their electro stimulant cages) were a metaphor for the automobile. Which of course requires oil to run properly and is pretty effective at controlling or subduing the masses while they are stuck in rush hour traffic.

[Bon mots]

Don't forget, the Japanese killed more people with biological warfare (in China) than all nuclear weapons/accidents in history (including Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl, ...etc.)

We foolishly have given up Bio/Chem. weapons programs. Now the Iraqis may even be ahead of us there, and all we have are nukes that we are afraid to use.

[piasa]

fyi

[VOA]

It seems everyone has been complacent for years, living in blissful ignorance and
denial of the threat.

I would not be suprised if a similar situation existed in the USA as well.
IIRC, one of the females officials in Saddam's inner circle got some of here
education at the Universit of Missouri (at Columbia). I can't recall the exact
concentration of her work, but I think it was microbiology or closely related
life-science area.