What "known inventory"? I was very careful to add "If they have it" since the facts of this case are still not clear. Was it there? How much was there? Where is it now? When did it disappear?<br><br>It is prudent for our armed forces to consider that it "may" be in the hands of the militants, since what you don't know can most certainly harm you. However, there is no FACT that terrorists have these explosives. IF this stuff does show up in an explosion (I have faith that explosive experts can figure out what was used and how much, since our forensic skills are quite excellent these days) - all you can do is "keep score" about how much has been used - not how much they have left.<br><br>Just because you don't know the other guys order of battle, doesn't mean that when you discover something for definite that you are now more at risk. You were at risk before - you just didn't know it.<br><br>This seems to be a fundamental difference between left and right mindset. The left believes that guns kill, the right believes that people kill. A gun on a table will not leap up and kill you spontaneously. If I pick the gun up and point it at you then you could possibly assume that your life is in jeopardy. But your life is in just as much jeopardy if you're not aware that I have a gun that is pointing at you. If you manage to eliminate said gun from the equation, it still doesn't take away the fact that your life could still be in jeopardy since I could use an improvised weapon or my bare hands. The same is true of the terrorists - whether they have or don't have these explosives is a point if less significant importance. If they don't have it, it still doesn't reduce the risk that they prevent to you, the US population or our armed forces (they'll just use something else).<br><br>All this story is, is a political football that is being carried by the Kerry campaign, just like the Cheney football of - Vote Kerry and get nuked. Neither is a responsible statement, but they're politicians....I know I just don't expect much more than that from them in their quest for power - they see life as a game, and power is the scorecard, money is just a currency that they can use to gain more power.<br><br>I guess sardonically the democrat and republican campaigns are just another form of terrorism. It just depends how deeply you buy into their message......me? I'll just stick to the facts and plan for the knows, and try not to get blind sided by the unknowns.<br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Your idea that this high exposive was used within days to wire bridges in the area is even more farfetched than an overnight looting. This material would have taken a considerable amount of time to turn into satchle chargees for bridge demolition.<p><hr></blockquote><p><br>What the hell are you talking about? Perhaps for your lazy ass it would have. :)<br><br>But a few hundred army guys with trucks? A day or two at best, even for the mess the Republican guard was. It only takes a few guys a few hours at most to wire a bridge. They had weeks before we reached Baghdad, are you suggesting the day we crossed the line into Iraq they sat there on their hands for two weeks until we were knocking on the doorstep? <br><br>

And in true Kerry fashion, you COMPLETLY dodge my statement. <br><br>You neither confirm or deny it, do you? This is what we see from Kerry all the time. Nice job.<br><br>

"and the others are just a bunch of liars"<br>So can I translate your statement into Kerry has never lied?<br><br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p> It only takes a few guys a few hours at most to wire a bridge. <p><hr></blockquote><p> Really? If we were to believe Condaleeza Rice this stuff was in a configuration to be used to set off a nuclear device. You must be very handy to be able to take that type of charge and change it into something that would blow up a bridge. I think you have have watched too many movies. Is the Mission Impossible theme playing in the background when you dream this stuff up?<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>red sox otter pops for sale

So GWB won't admit to making errors in judgement, and JFK won't admit to lying.<br><br>Bah, sounds like the "not Bush" ticket is just as bad as what we have. Why don't we have a revolution and replace these politicians with a "by the people, for the people" form of government.<br><br>

No it was me with Mission:Impossible on my mind.<br><br>Anyway there's way too many statements about how this stuff was allegedly stored. Depending upon the words used I see white powder (kind of like flour), bricks of explosive, ready to fire high-explosive shells. Personally I'm inclined not to take anyones word for anything on this particular matter, at least until the US inspectors come out and categorically state - the explosives we inventoried were stored in XXXXX form.<br><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Llewelyn on 10/28/04 03:22 PM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

I have to say it never ends to amaze me how a thread can go hot and heavy then when someone throws a bulls eye on Kerry, suddenly the topic changes to something, anything just so they don't have to deal with defending Kerry's lie.<br><br>That alone speaks volumes for what people really think of Kerry. You know he's a liar. You know his spine is made up of focus group opinions. You know he's a empty puppet that says what ever some drops into lap. And inspite of how badly he will trash this county, you let your hate for Bush make you ignore all of that. <br><br>Well, go ahead and vote for Kerry. Then as the county and your income rot away, you can tell me how it's all Bush's fault then. <br><br>

Well that press conference was recent enough that it was in the middle of this campaign season and his words would have still been used against him.<br><br>But in the larger sense two things.<br>1. I don't think Bush a "quick" thinker. I think he's smart just not quick on his feet. But quick thinking is not something I look for in a President, nice, but not necessary. So he does fustrate me when he seems flummoxed by questions like the "mistake" question in that press conference. But again this doesn't worry me because I'm more worried about his day-to-day performance and policy direction than his press conference and debate performance.<br>2. Yes, if a man makes a mistake he should own up to that mistake. So, it comes down to does he think he's made any major mistakes. I'm sure he's made pleanty of minor ones. And what I think is a mistake he may not. For instance, I think his steel tarrifs were a mistake. But he probably doesn't. Many on this board think several aspects of the war have been a mistake. He probably doesn't.<br>So really I don't wait around for ANY politician to admit a mistake I just have to look at his record and compare it to what I think is good or bad.<br><br>Last Bush knows who his audience is, the World and Iraqi terrorists. He knows that if he admits to a war mistake it emboldens Iraqi terrorists. He's just not going to do that.<br><br>I think after he's out of office you'd hear him talking more about his mistakes.<br><br><br>No sig right now, waiting for the next Kerry flip-flop. .

Gladly<br><br><br><br>"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." Albert Einstein <br> <br><br><br>