Comments: Lest We Forget

The bombing of Hiroshima and the killing of 140,000 people was horrendous.
Just today, 300 Iraqis were killed - by the time this war is over, I wonder if the number of Iraqis killed might be comparable to the number killed in Hiroshima.

Posted by Dorothy M. Ligon at August 6, 2004 01:56 PM

G-d bless President Truman for making a difficult but correct decision.

Posted by KevinE at August 6, 2004 01:57 PM

And also keep in mind that Iran and other radical islamic terrorist groups are furiously trying to build them as quickly as possible.

Posted by muckdog at August 6, 2004 02:05 PM

Iraq was also trying to build them, oh wait never mind.

Posted by BC3 at August 6, 2004 02:20 PM

Muckdog
I am as terrified now as Junior was a couple of years ago of the paper tiger Saddam. OOOh scary, really scary.

Posted by ed at August 6, 2004 02:28 PM

Dorothy, that's what many have wondered. How many Iraqi civilians have been killed in this war? Gotta be in the thousands, but I dont think there are any reliable numbers.

Posted by BC3 at August 6, 2004 02:34 PM

Ed, Thats what we said about Bin Ladin, before 9/11. No one thought he could harm us. Who knows what Saddam would have done had we not removed him from power. Certainly not you.

Posted by KevinE at August 6, 2004 03:54 PM

Must be dumbass troll night

Posted by soccerdad at August 6, 2004 04:29 PM

Kevin E, I agree, those imaginary WMDS can be deadly. They are worse than the real ones, not many ppl know that. If you read the 9/11 Commission report they talk about how Saddam's army was in shambles due in part to U.N. sanctions. He didnt even a decent army, much less nuclear capability. I mean the guy is a piece of shit, yes, but in 2003, fact is he just wasnt a threat.

Posted by BC3 at August 6, 2004 07:52 PM

One shipping route from Los Alamos to a seaport ( Galveston?) would go near Crawford.
I think the nuclear waste site should not be in seismic-active Nevada, but Marfa, Texas. The area, and Eastern New Mexico, are the safest natural spots in North America. No floods, blizzards are rare and mild, rarely tornadoes, hurricanes peter out by then, the Rio Grande rift is ancient and stable, on and on. The Texas area is also out of the way, even to coast to coast shipping, and Republican.
Kerry should try and score Nevada by pushing this.

Posted by Richard W. Crews at August 6, 2004 08:04 PM

There is no doubt that Saddam supported terror. There were terrorist training camps in Iraq. Information gleaned from those camps has led to arrests in America and UK. I don't care if he had WMD or not. I still would have supported the war. I wonder what your precious Kerry would answer if asked this question. Knowing what we know now would you still have gone to war in Iraq?

Posted by KevinE at August 7, 2004 07:39 AM