Well, shit.

This is it.

And, as rumblelizard, said, they�re completely brushing off the danger that bio-chem weapons present. Oh, yeah, we�ve got suits. Got lots of those damn suits. They gonna do us any good? Hells, no!

I quote:

�To stop the toxins, the suits can't breathe, so your body temperature soars �1991 Gulf War vets describe the feeling as floating in an air-locked freezer bag, sloshing around in your own sweat. But that same sweat degrades the charcoal filter lining the suits, which lose their protectiveness in less than 24 hours when under concentrated chem-bio attack. Even if the chemicals don't get through, body heat from wearing the suit multiplies the possibility of heat stroke in the desert by 10. Soviet studies have found that at 86 degrees, the maximum time a soldier could physically still perform was just 20 minutes. But some Desert Storm soldiers had to spend hours in their suits in temperatures over 100 degrees � and if you faced a serious chem-bio attack in Iraq, you would likely need to spend days in your suit. �

Yeah, that�ll be damn helpful!

And, people...

�If all that isn't enough, this assumes your protective gear works and that you know how to use it. Don't be so sure: The Army's own investigators found last year that 62 percent of its gas masks and 90 percent of its chem-bio detectors didn't work. And if many of the masks, the detectors and the suits turn out to be faulty, there won't be much backup. Congressional investigators have also charged that the Pentagon hasn't really managed to train enough combat medics and hospital staff to cope with chem-bio casualties.�

So, basically, if we go to war, Iraq is going to go, �Hah hah, silly Americans, we�ve got chemicals and biological weapons. Oh, I wonder who�s going to win this little conflict?�

Hmm... let me answer that one. THEM. Not us. THEM.

Have I mentioned that Bush is an idiot? >.<

Anyways. Signing out. I might post more later.

-No�l-