Re: Explosives lost in Iraq
If you think that 350 tons of explosives is a big deal,you should try and read some of the better informed sources that are not under the US army censure blanket.Since the US army has taken control of Irak entire brand new factories where chemicals were produced have disappeared off the arial reconnaisance maps.According to independent british sources, these factories were dismantled and taken out of the country,building and all,from under the nose of the American army.<br />Just to give you an idea what 350 tons of TNT means here are some numbers.<br />The US Standard (26) antitank mine is 13kg.of TNT.The antipersonel mine (takes off your leg just below the knee)is one pound TNT.The average roadside explosive we used to find in Lebanon was 20kg.(sometimes killed 20 people at a time)<br />To fight over who is guilty of this mishap on a political level is just plain stupid.The responsible people must be found and judged.For the meantime explosives are killing our soldiers and instead of pointing fingers in a game that has lost any flavor of good taste,maybe we should show our concern for all the soldiers whose lifes are on the line and in more danger because of all these explosives.<br />Sorry if I flew off the handle,but having been in the very same situation that many of our soldiers are in right now,I think it is time to stop concentrating on our differences and start giving our GIs the message that we may be politically divided on many things,but at the same time we are united in our support of the men who were sent to war,even if we don't agree about the war.
