By Regis H. Murphy, Jr.
GKO Contributing Writer
The whole world knows that Iraq during the regime of 'the current missing fugitive dictator' used poison gas against the Kurds, Iran, and other enemies of that state. Even the United Nations will admit to that. The stock piles of chemical artillery shells and bombs found in Iraq in the early nineties was photographed, counted, weighed, and categorized. Their olocation was noted by 'neutral' weapons inspectors back then and yet they are not under control of anyone that we know of at this time and cannot be found! Supposedly, not all but part of the reason we removed the old regime was due to the threat of their possible use of weapons of mass destruction. Most of us still agree that even though we have not found the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction we were hoping to, the decision to go to war with Iraq is still graded as favorable by most Americans. Yet, the question remains, where are the weapons of mass destruction?
Iraq is a large country where there is still enough desolate space to hide things that may not be found for a long time. Didn't we recently find some fighter aircraft hidden out there in the desert? Who knows, out there in that region we may even find the 'Ark Of The Covenant', or perhaps the 'Garden of Eden'!
Outside of Iraq, Syria is the most obvious 'holder' of WMD in that area. The Syrians have a similar terrorist agenda, history of aggression, religion, sympathy for, and some common enemies that the 'old' Iraq had. Why wouldn't it be suspect that Syria received WMD from Iraq for 'safe keeping'?
Even the idea that Iran, once an enemy of Iraq, has WMD that were either received from Iraq or manufactured by themselves is not unreasonable. Remember, we have to think like they do, not as we traditionally do about ourselves. 'An enemy of my enemy is my friend.' War, and the survival of it, often makes strange bedfellows.
Let's see though, who would really know where WMD are to be found? Even if the French knew, we couldn't trust them to tell us. The Germans are quite logical but they'd look hardest at Israel. The Israelis probably have their own WMD and if they knew for sure where other WMD were in the Middle East, they'd tell us, hopeful so that we would take care of it. Wait, how about the Japanese? They're clever and have a good national psychic, obviously they learn from history, and they'd tell you in a moment if asked where WMD are. Of course, more than anyone else, the Japanese!
Any of the history students taught by me, hopefully would still be able to tell you why America dropped two atomic bombs on Japan to end the Second World War. We only had two! President Truman, when briefed on using the then new weapons of mass destruction to shorten the war and thus save American lives, wanted to drop atomic bombs on the six largest military complexes in Japan but was disappointed when he was informed we only had two WMD!
Other countries and organizations may threaten us with having and possibly using WMD, but remember, we are the only country that has openly, and with logical justification, done it! And, I believe, that if we as a country, found it to be necessary for our survival, would do it again. Possibly, unlike Saddam may have done, we do not bluff or threaten to use weapons that we may or may not have. Everyone in the world by now should know we have enough WMD to 'asphalt' any country that forces us into it.
So now you know where the WMD are. They are located all around 'Our Country', amongst our allies, under the seas, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were not also standing by in outer space! As some may say, 'You can take that to the bank!'
That's my opinion. "This Is Still America!"
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