WMDs, Can It Be True?

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Mike Romer

WMDs, Can It Be True?
May 17, 2004

For the past year or so, opponents of the war in Iraq has been screaming about the lack of finding WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction). They have claimed that President Bush, Secretary of State Powell, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, among others of lying to the sacred United Nations and the world in general.

Well, I guess the administration will have to admit they were lying, or misleading the above mentioned organization.

Today, May 17, 2004 the news reported that coalition troops found an artillery shell containing Sarin gas.

Now we all know Sarin gas is not dangerous, it's just a simple chemical, with few side effects, such as:

It disrupts the nervous system, overstimulating muscles and vital organs. It can be inhaled as a gas or absorbed through the skin. In high doses, sarin suffocates its victims by paralyzing the muscles around their lungs. One hundred milligrams of sarin-about one drop-can kill the average person in a few minutes if he or she's not given an antidote. Experts say sarin is more than 500 times as toxic as cyanide

Piece of cake, right?

Nothing to get upset about., just a harmless substance that will and can kill people in large numbers if applied right.

Sarin gas was used in a Toyko subway in March 1995, killing twelve people. The culprits in that incident were a group called "AUM SHINNKYO"

Now it came out in the news that the coalition troops also found mustard gas.

I remember my grandfather telling me about mustard gas when he fought in France in World War I. The stories were not pleasant, tales of men suffering in agony, gasping for breath, burned skin, blisters and major damage to the lungs.

Now in my opinion, I think this as a terrible ordeal to suffer, but I'm sure the Germans that used it in September 1917 thought it was ok, and a reasonable tool for war, and a measure to vanquish their enemy. So as long as the Germans used it, it must have been acceptable, because they were one of the main and loudest voices condemning the United States and other coalition nations when we liberated the people of Iraq.

Now, as I sit here typing this article, something is gnawing at me, but I can't figure it out.

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HEY!!!, I KNOW WHAT IT IS!!!!!

As I was sitting here trying to figure the problem that faced me, my mouse jumped off of its mouse-pad and hit me in the forehead. It yelled to me:

MIKE, THOSE ARE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!

I said to myself; Could it be? Could Hans Blix have been wrong? He is after all the expert on finding weapons of mass destruction, as long as they aren't located outside of a phone booth sized area.

Could Tom Dashboard; senate minority leader have been wrong?

This development is starting to disturb me. We have all these experts who claimed Saddam didn't have any WMDs and was innocent of charges of violating 17 United Nations resolutions, and here we find that he actually did! I wonder if Kookie Amin, Secretary generalissimo of the UN will make a statement alluding to this recent discovery, that is if he can find the time from covering his hind quarters in the oil for food scam….er, program.

Now, we know from Tokyo that sarin is very deadly, and mustard gas is not too pleasant either. But in all fairness, it was reported that the mustard gas was not as lethal as that used in World War I. It's probably about as half as lethal as Ted "The Swimmer" Kennedy is with a woman in his car.

If I remember correctly, when the coalition troops were staging in Kuwait, before the invasion, Saddam lobbed some SCUD missiles at them. I also seem to recall that SCUDs were on the list of weapons that Saddam was not allowed to possess according to the cease-fire agreement he agreed to bring an end to Gulf War I.

If these reports are true, then that means Saddam just had his third strike, and he is definitely out this time.

Now, Back to the United Nations. If anymore WMDs are discovered I think the main dish in the Executive rooms of the United Nations, the Democratic National Committee and the left side of congress should be crow. I also hope the police departments of the cities of New York, San Francisco, among other cities that hosted anti- war/Bush demonstrations, will issue parade permits to the demonstrators so they can march with their brand new placards that state: "Bush Was Right", but I have a feeling snowshoes will be issued in Hades before that happens.

Also I can hear the thunderous silence form the editorial rooms of the New York and Los Angeles Times, along with other fish wraps that derided the president and praised the inefficiency of the United Nations and their inspectors. Tinseltown will most likely be quiet, other than the rush to Massachusetts for same gender marriages.

Maybe Michael Moore should ask Miramax to reconsider showing his movie.

This situation could get very interesting indeed!

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About the author: Mike Romer is a politically incorrect, disgruntled resident of New Jersey and thinks a lot of people need their heads screwed on properly. He enjoys writing, reading and painting landscapes. Email: triv.fan@verizon.net

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