From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:449bcf77$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Phil Payne wrote:
>>> But you are fooling yourself if you think these were just
"lost".
>>
>> http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/22/060622191218.0qmfazt6.html
>>
>> The weapons were found "in small numbers over time" since 2003, an
>> official
>> said. They were recovered in one, two or three at a time -- not in large
>> caches, the officials said.
>>
>> "We would characterize these recovered munitions as being
consistent with
>> weapons that have been not maintained, that have not been part of an
>> organized inventory," he said.
>>
>>
>>
>
> It gets worse though....even Donnie boy is trying the spin:
>
> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14879949.htm
>
> "But Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, in a news briefing Thursday,
> said Santorum's comments were correct.
>
> "They are weapons of mass destruction. They're harmful to human beings.
> And they have been found," Rumsfeld said. "And they had not been
> reported by Saddam Hussein as he inaccurately alleged that he had
> reported all of his weapons. And they are still being found and
> discovered.""
>
> It's out & out lying. Sad to see they're that desperate to create some
> kinda background myth.
>
> Even the silly statement by the congresspeople is psun:
>
> ""Congressman Hoekstra and I are here today to say that we have found
> weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons," Santorum said.
> "Since 2003, coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons
> munitions which contain degraded mustrade or sarin nerve agent.""
>
> Degraded? After 10 years of being buried in the hot & cold wilds of Iraq?
>
> The only way these things could hurt someone is if they were dropped on
> them or if they were refilled with explosives & used as conventional
> shells.
>
> It's entertaining to see the US admin turn itself into a laughing stock
> but they eventually incompetence is covered up by spin & falsehood
> eventually that gets so silly it becomes humorous.
>
> Adam

I wonder how well Rumsfeld's Pentagon would do in a close audit of our inventories .

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