-=> Quoting Don Dellmann to David Hartung <=-
 DH> Question, what happens if we bomb an Iraqi Germ lab? The
 DH> understanding I have of such action indicates that not everything
 DH> would be destroyed, and the possibility exists that the biological
 DH> agents would be released into the atmosphere. Anyone care to guess
 DH> what would happen if our bombing caused such a release and this
 DH> happened to kill a bunch of Iraqi civilians?
 DD> At the risk of sounding cruel, so what?  That's the perils of War.
 DD> If the Iraqi's want to keep a madman like Saddam in power they've
 DD> gotta expect some losses.
Saddam would certainly claim we used biological weapons, and
never admit the biologicals were already in place in his own
labs...assuming Saddam and a few of his spin-doctors survived,
of course.  But I doubt anyone outside Iraq (and few inside)
would believe him.
The real problem would come if we bombed a lab close enough
to the border to threaten a neighboring country.  If any
biologicals affected non-Iraqis within their own borders,
we would certainly be blamed...and with some justification.
If it turns out that any of the targets are away from the
center of the country, it would actually be better for all
concerned if we used tactical nukes -- or at the very least,
blanketed the area for miles around with fuel-air bombs,
including both ground- and air-bursts.
 DD> If the show was on the other foot, and war came here, I wouldn't
 DD> cry to the other side because they bombed "civilians" (me!), I'd
 DD> be b*tching like h*ll at my OWN government for getting us into it.
Good point.  Of course, we'd blame Bill Clinton and demand
his immediate impeachment.  I suspect the Iraqis would find
a "more decisive" method of dealing with their leader.
Walter, Forked Deer River Ilks
wluffman@usit.net
... "Apes were invented because politicians were needed." - Asimov
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