I lost any tiny sliver of confidence in the UN inspection teams when I saw the video of them right after they found an empty WMD artillery shell. They had on no chemical gear, gloves, goggles, nothing. They were peeping inside the hollow shell and running their hands along it. At the time they had no idea if there was any residual nerve agent in it.
Morons.
what would have happened to this shell if it were on top of a big mutha car bomb?
That's the exact image I keep seeing in my mind also! I thought the same thing, and felt really helpless knowing we were at the mercy of whatever those morons found.
Hint to weapons inspectors: If your Iraqi tour guides aren't wearing Chem Protective gear, then you won't be finding anything that day!!