Am I to believe that a biological weapon engineered by scientists (no 
matter whom they got it from) would be an 'area of effect' type of weapon? 
There are definitely things that can be done to even the simplest of viruses 
to make them more communicable.  There are also things that can be done to 
these increasingly communicable viruses that can circumvent the human immune 
response.
    Who's to say that a 'bug' released over Iraqi soil (or Israeli, or 
Kuwaiti for that matter) would not jump from country to country killing off 
millions of people around the world?  The fact that the Iraqis are Arabs 
should not decrease our estimation of their intelligence.  They may just be 
capable of acquiring the scientists necessary to create a 'super bug' that 
won't stop until there's no one left to infect.  We've got those kind of 
agents here in America, who's to say we're the only ones?  Visions of Steven 
King's _The Stand_ are dancing in my head.
    I believe that we should make 'gosh darn' sure that we're not going to 
release some doomsday weapon into the atmosphere before we go skipping to our 
collective Lou on biological weapon bunkers.
    More than likely the anonymous coffee man (Juan Valdez in disguise, or 
the UN dude depending on your side of the border) has made many promises that 
we as a nation are not ready to keep.  The wording of the inspection 
procedures are nothing but an immense vagueness wrapped in an Iraqi loophole. 
The political tennis match about the UN agreement is bound to go on for 
several months.  The weapons that Saddam has are not on the official 
inspection list to begin with anymore.  The only question that remains to be 
answered is when and where will Saddam use the biological weapons he has 
manufactured.  Let us hope that he does not now have in his possession an 
assortment of ICMBs, or even one.  Lest the United States be the guinea pig, 
and not an Iraqi neighbor.
     -Zack
... How do you make Windows faster? Throw it harder!
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