Exceptional information Destructo6.
Destructo,
I'm glad you posted this information. I now have a better understanding of what these units are and do.
The sad part about this whole ordeal is that there are people that just don't understand the "immediacy, ability and intent" posed by Saddams regime.
We know that Iraq had and has the "ability" to create WMD and cannot account for all that were "destroyed" or even the exact location of where some were destroyed.
We know that Iraq wants occupation in other territories (Kuwait comes to mind) as well as the total anihilation of Isreal and has very anti-Amreican sentiments (although to what degree is anyones guess) Iraq also had no quams with selling what they produced to those that truly hate everything about the US so there's the "intent" to do us harm wether direct or indirect.
The immediacy? Well that's anyones guess as well. When will the next hurricane hit Florida? We don't know but if we did and we could prevent it shouldn't we do so? When will the next tornado hit? No one knows but it could happen later this afternoon or even the next five minutes, but it's going to happen at some point in time. How much risk is one willing to ignore or take?
Here's a scenario that might hit home for some while others remain hopeless
Hypothetical:
There's a guy that wants to kill someone and that someone knows it, but he can't do it without a weapon.
The killer comes to me and says "I'll pay you whatever you want if you will build me a weapon to kill this guy with."
I know the intended victim of the killer and don't much like them either so I agree and begin building the weapon.
The intended victim finds out what's going on and comes to me and tries to make me stop building the weapon, so I tell them I will just to make them go away (but of course I keep building I just do it when they're not looking or when they're asleep)
The intended victim finds out I haven't stopped building the weapon so they call the cops on me and the cops come over, but I know they're coming and I move all the components to my neighbors basement in the dead of night so they won't be able to tell what I had or where (plus I have a good friend that knows about cleaning up messes, if you know what I mean?
The cops get there, don't find anything, so I throw them out because they got nothing on me and it's my house darnit!
When alls going on elsewhere I finish building the weapon and sell it to the killer. The killer has the intent as well as the ability, but he's patient and will wait until the oportunity is better to make sure his goal is met. The victim will be dead and the killer will be long gone in whatever capacity is necessary.
I got paid to arm the killer even though I was found out, told to stop building the weapon and investigated when I didn't.
Would Iraq push a button and launch a missile attack against us? I doubt it because that poses a clear and present danger not to mention a declaration of war AND we would know where it came from. No, it's much more effective to send some radical to this country and get them a nuclear device to wear under clothing. Talk about a mobile assault unit, what could be more mobile or precise than a guy or gal walking around with a device strapped to their person? The best part; who would know where it orginated from or who was responsible? That's why terror is what it is. Immediacy doesn't enter into it; it's done when it's convenient and effective not to mention at random.
Take care and thanks again for the information. Maybe one day people will use some common sense and understand the realities of all of this. Hey, I can dream can't I?
DRC