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Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chem Bio Traditionally, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) were Chemical, Biological, Radiologic and Nuclear (CBRN). The people of the world don’t want them used on us—they are cheap ways to kill and maim lots of people at once. And so international treaties were created to try to prevent their development (sometimes) and use. First was the Geneva Protocol of 1925, banning the use of biological and chemical weapons in war. The US and many nations signed it, but it took 50 years for the US to ratify it, so we believed we were not bound by...

There is a long list of characters. You know, liberal American actors such as Penn, Garafalo, Clooney, and 'entertainers' like the Dixie Chicks, the Beastie Boys, and politicians like Daschle and Dean, and others like Hans Blix, Kofi Annan, Jacques Chirac, most of the UN Security Council, International A.N.S.W.E.R., World Workers Party, Pacifica Radio, Tony Benn, city councils such as Berkeley and New York City, etc. etc. ad nauseum ad infinitum, who have said over and over and over again there is no pretext for going to War with Iraq. Some of these people have BLATANTLY said that there is...

3/18/03 All times Eastern pre-open--I'm gonna digress a bit and prognosticate about the war first (don't worry, I believe it is germaine). No value judgements--whether you think it is right or wrong, there will be a war, and what happens will affect you, your family and your money, like it or not. I predict about a 50%-60% chance that the war goes very well--short, clean, no chem/bio, no oil well fires. Paradoxically, this is because of all the uncertainty, all the opposition to the war, all the doubt. Saddam has literally "shot the messenger" in the past, therefore he has...