[naturalman1975]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...

[dyed_in_the_wool]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...

Absolutely brilliant analysis. Worth repeating (and I shall do so.)

[Light Speed]

[Stoat]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...

An excellent point, and I have no doubt that Egyptologists and archaeologists could also quickly point to secret crypts, palaces, and even entire cities that had remained 'lost' for thousands of years or more in Egyptian deserts and South American jungles before they were stumbled upon more or less by accident. 

I believe that the speed at which so many leapt to the conclusion that there "are no WMD's" in Iraq is not only a reflection of a breathtakingly vicious political bias and a sordid effort to discredit the United States and most particularly President Bush, but also reflects a stunning ignorance of history and a gnat-like degree of patience where if success is not instantaneous then it must mean failure.

It is, however, particularly stunning that this specific find was not in a remote desert or jungle, but in modern-day France, seven miles from one of the most hallowed and visited wartime memorials on Earth.

 

[R. Scott]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...

But France is civilized, unlike Iraq.
Don’t believe it? Just ask the French. They will tell you they are the epitome of civilization. Snails, frogs and various fungi grace the table. They have outgrown any form of violence and now believe that talk is mightier than the gun. They have learned they can depend on less civilized nations to defend them – barbarians like the English and Americans.

Do I really need to include < /sarcasm> ?

[goarmy]

"So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq..."

Good point. I raised my cup of Joe to your statement.

[cricket]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...

Indeed and good point. Would help of course, if this Administration would just get a grip on the gazillion papers that have been 'temporarily' shelved rather than translated. . .

[chilepepper]

well what did you expect? these are the french we are talking about here. as in "clueless".

[SW6906]

Read post #7.

[DustyMoment]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...

Great point well made. Game, set and match to you!!

[Rebelbase]

"So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq..."

Deserves a bump.

And Eric Rudolph evaded one of the largest manhunts in US history in a 2-3 county area of Western NC for 5 years, yet some people can't understand why we can't catch Osama, Mullah Omar and Al Zaqari in areas 1000 times larger, hostile and with language barriers......

[Thermalseeker]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...

Check and mate.....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...Excellent point!

and Iraq is just slightly smaller than France ....I think!

France is 547,030 sq km ......Iraq is 437,072 sq km ...according to the CIA Fact Book.

[infowarrior]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...

Point well taken...

the infowarrior

[EverOnward]

"So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq..."

Good point!!!!!

[Coop]

So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...

Outstanding point!

[StarCMC]

Very, very good point.

[Lee'sGhost]

Excellent point.