Iraqi Drones May Target US Cities

You might be talking about explosives...if so, I agree. It wouldn't be worth it. I'm thinking more along the lines of all that VX gas that has no record of being disposed of. A small fire extinguisher size canister of that stuff with a good dispersion nozzle could sure wreak havoc at say.......oh......a football game or a NASCAR event.....or the Vegas strip at midnight on a Saturday.....or really just about any event that draws a bunch of people into a tight group.

 

Treeman,
While I agree with most of your posts in this thread, this is the part that I fear the most. I have a problem believing that the US will be able to set up a stable government there. It would require long-term effort and an incredible amount of resources to accomplish. Unfortunately, American attention spans and patience are in general not up to this level. Also, it would probably have little effect on the Palestinian question because 1)I don't see how it will help us go directly after terrorists (except the ones in Iraq, but most Palestinian terrorists are in Palestine or Israel, not Iraq - you might have you explain your logic to me on this one and 2)good point but there will still be meddling from Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc. It might help some but I don't see a huge difference being made.

That said, I think Saddam has been jerking around the UN and public opinion for too long. He will never use WMD on us in a way that can be traced back to him, but if he can't account for the stockpiles of chemicals he had before the inspectors left, I cannot comprehend how someone can say he's been cooperating fully.

 

Geez Louise. I wasn't talking bombs. Have you ever flown a model plane? Try even strapping a canister of gas to something with 8-foot or under wing span. Look, I am and always have been a complete nerd. I used to be into to model planes.

Put my money on this being more hysteria. Sorry. Yes, the terrorists are among us. No they will not be flying nerf gliders of doom at NFL games. Just my opinion.

 

Wait a second, I forgot to add:

Washington Generals beating the Harlem Globetrotters.

 

Renting a U-Haul, loading it down with fertilizer, and driving it to a federal building may be a more likely scenario.

Blowing up a random stretch of Amtrack rail is also a more likely scenario.

etc.

 

I completely agree with what your saying.

Look how two guys with a car and a rifle terrorized the entire VA,MD,DC area for about a month.

It doesn't take much to kill, and a lot of little attacks around the country are just as effective as a massive attack in DC or NY.

 

ROTFL.

All of my physics and engineering friends relay stories about how they built bombs when they were kids (there seems to be a one to one correlation with blowing up model cars and getting a higher level degree in engineering or physics) and now you up the ante w/ these tidbits about model airplanes.

Do-orks. ROTFL. I guess one day it'll be time for me to share, but *ahem* not right now (it to say it has something to do with stretchman and wonder woman, but I'll save it).

 

Hey all you liberals you can't prove that Iraq won't produce a drone that looks like a cropduster and put its pieces in little suitcases and reassemble, it in the US and spray some chemicals somewhere, can you?

Oh BTW Sadam is crazy so you can't predict what he might do. Doesn't matter what his past actions were.

Besides the first warning you will have will be the mushroom cloud and/ or the gas that your duct tape and cover routine won't protect you from. Even if you think there is only a one in a million chance that this will happen you must act quick to prevent this one in a million.


Therefore we must invade Iraq.


Now repeat ad nauseam.


Even have Dubya and Powell get on the tube and repeat it.

 

I'm sure on Sept. 10, 2001 there was a 1 in a million chance that the WTC would be destroyed and the Pentagon severly damaged.

I'm sure if we had it your way Glync, we'd all be living in communes, dancing with daiseys, and eating hemp brownies.

Unfortunately this is the realy world, so I suggest you look around at what's happening, or just move to France where you and your followers belong.

Is this the part where I'm supposed to be cool and put "ad nauseam."

 

Exactly!!!

 

Actually this is where you might argue WWJD? He'd cut everybody's throats!! Hey, are you looking at me funny? Oh, you're Iraqi... who cares if those guys are from Yemeni, and funded by our friends the Saudis... we're coming for ya!! LOL

 

A little off-topic but did you guys know that during WWII Japan built balloons and set them adrift from Japan in the hopes that they would ride air currents over to the west coast. When they arrived they were supposed to explode and cause massive forest fires. The plan was to monitor the U.S. press to see if the baloons were making it but since the press didn't report anything, the Japanese assumed the balloons didn't make it.

However, several of the balloons <i>did</i> make it and one explosion even killed some people in a family picknicking.

Japanese Balloon Bombs

So, it's happened before with nothing more then a helium ballooon.

 

Damn, the Japanese were even cutting-edge back then!

 

So are these ballons Weapon of minor Destruction (WmD)?

 

111chase111, that is totally true. I remember the stories of people finding them while I was living in Oregon. At first I thought it was sasquatch-style rubbish, but I looked into it and it was really true. Amazing. We should underline the point that it really didn't work, however.

and then there's the sasquatch story. But I'll save that for the day when Achebe shares his Stretch Armstrong/Wonderwoman bondage story.

MM, our drones have enormous wingspans. Sorry to keep harping on the same point. I guess the bottom line for me is that the evil-doers could disperse the evil chemical weapon with a grenade explosion better than they could with some clumsy unreliable, remote-controlled glorified model airplane. I have a dark sense of humor, and I just can't quit picturing this whining, slow, wobbly model airplane trying to catch up to a running terrified crowd only to have the Al Qaeda guy issue a string of Saudi Arabian curses as he accidentally crashes the little plane in a drainage ditch.

I better shut up, or Ashcroft is even more likely to arrest me! ...

 

stretch armstrong that was his name!! 'stretchman', *sigh*, there are three things that fade when you get older. The first is your memory. I don't remember what the other two are...

 

Hey you know there is a chance that a rogue commander could get ahold of a few nukes in Russia and attack us. (Wasn't this a Denzel Washington movie).

Sounds unlikely, but who could have predicted 9/11 with the ariplanes and boxcutters and all? You never know what could happen. Beside there are Muslims in Russia and they might be insane.

So let's attack Russia just to be safe. If we have a successful first strike we can cut American caualties to only about 100 million or so. But after the total destruction of Russia we would be safe from rogue commanders and the Russkies.

Think about it. It could happen and the first thing you would know would be the musrhoom cloud over Houston.

I know the usual crack smoking hippy types on the bbs will say that this is not wise. My question: What would it take for some of you to take this seriously? A mushroom cloud?

 

Max,

If you wouldn't mind checking your email, I would appreciate it.