This has the Freepers all in a tizzy. The war is now justified at a cost of 5 dead and 36 wounded US soldiers ($and $600,000,000) per shell. Yay!
Many are questioning, though, why the information was not released earlier. Speculation is that we kept it a secret to prevent al-Qaeda from knowing that such armaments might still be found and used. (Of course, if that’s the case, either Santorum has independently determined that these are ALL the weapons we’re ever going to find, or he has revealed state secrets to al-Qaeda in a cynical attempt to boost his polls against Casey.)
Personally, I’ll assume these shells are long-past-their-freshness-date junk, until more details emerge.
Comment by RunningDogLackey — June 21, 2006 @ 7:11 pm
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/santorum-wmd/
What do they want, shells minted yesterday? Someone is not living in the real world here.
Money and lives Hans Blix and the U.N. could have spared us, had they followed their own job description. Oil for food!
You still don't get it-- you think the War on Terror ended because we discovered 500 chemical weapon shells. Sad. What's your DU handle again?
Speculation is that we kept it a secret to prevent al-Qaeda from knowing that such armaments might still be found and used.
That's how the MSM introduces criticism they originate-- they attribute it to an unattributable source. Hmmmmm..
Of course, if that’s the case, either Santorum has independently determined that these are ALL the weapons we’re ever going to find, or he has revealed state secrets to al-Qaeda in a cynical attempt to boost his polls against Casey.
No, actually Santorum said there is evidence in the declassified report that there are more WMDs that have not been accounted for, of an unknown quantity, in addition to the 500 known weapons. As for the Casey remark, you sound like the only cynic here.
Personally, I’ll assume these shells are long-past-their-freshness-date junk, until more details emerge.
Well of course you will, since you refuse to acknowledge the possibility that President Bush was right all along.
Of course I didn't mean to attribute the comments to you-- thanks for posting those remarks from thinkprogress---
See posts 450-452, binary sarin shells do not degrade.