so in a military conflict, they're supposed to stop what they're doing, call up the ****ing UN for ... verification of the seals they find? then wait for the UN to try and track down whoever put those seals in that area, try to explain over the phone exactly where they seals are, and hope the guy/gal remembers?
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UN nuclear weapons inspectors are worried that US troops who have seized the nerve centre of Saddam Hussein's secret nuclear bomb project may be tampering with highly radioactive material under UN seal.
Combat engineers and specialists from the marines corps took control of the sprawling Tuwaitha nuclear complex south of Baghdad several days ago and a parallel team of American nuclear inspectors is thought to have reached the site yesterday.
An embedded US correspondent with the marines at the site reported that US officers had broken through steel doors sealed by the International Atomic Energy Agency and found hundreds of sealed steel drums containing low-enriched uranium, highly radioactive isotopes, and yellowcake raw uranium.
Their action appeared to be a calculated slap in the face to the IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog, based in Vienna.
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Originally posted by alcimedes
so in a military conflict, they're supposed to stop what they're doing, call up the ****ing UN for ... verification of the seals they find?
i said that you were making bald ass guesses as to what training the soldiers had. You were. It's not a life-or-death charge...it was just funny that you had been slamming others for doing that, and then you did the same thing. It's human.
My post was whimsical and a little sarcastic, but hardly even the same magnitude of vitriol that you displayed.
I would disagree that they should stop and not investigate.
They should definitely stop and investigate, but if they know the 'owner' of the room (in this case it was sealed by the U.N.) then that sounds like a good place to start. Find out for ourselves what's supposed to be in there then find out what actually is.
Going in blind is somewhat dangerous and stupid. But they probably knew what was in there and were just spreading misinformation.
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Originally posted by alcimedes
so in a military conflict, they're supposed to stop what they're doing, call up the ****ing UN for ... verification of the seals they find? then wait for the UN to try and track down whoever put those seals in that area, try to explain over the phone exactly where they seals are, and hope the guy/gal remembers?
UN nuclear weapons inspectors are worried that US troops who have seized the nerve centre of Saddam Hussein's secret nuclear bomb project may be tampering with highly radioactive material under UN seal.
Combat engineers and specialists from the marines corps took control of the sprawling Tuwaitha nuclear complex south of Baghdad several days ago and a parallel team of American nuclear inspectors is thought to have reached the site yesterday.
An embedded US correspondent with the marines at the site reported that US officers had broken through steel doors sealed by the International Atomic Energy Agency and found hundreds of sealed steel drums containing low-enriched uranium, highly radioactive isotopes, and yellowcake raw uranium.
Their action appeared to be a calculated slap in the face to the IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog, based in Vienna.
Originally posted by alcimedes
so in a military conflict, they're supposed to stop what they're doing, call up the ****ing UN for ... verification of the seals they find?
I'd say the answer to your question is yes.
My post was whimsical and a little sarcastic, but hardly even the same magnitude of vitriol that you displayed.
I really think we should take this PM.
Originally posted by AirSluf
I would disagree that they should stop and not investigate.
They should definitely stop and investigate, but if they know the 'owner' of the room (in this case it was sealed by the U.N.) then that sounds like a good place to start. Find out for ourselves what's supposed to be in there then find out what actually is.
Going in blind is somewhat dangerous and stupid. But they probably knew what was in there and were just spreading misinformation.
Originally posted by AirSluf
I would disagree that they should stop and not investigate.
It's not like the site is going anywhere. A situation this delicate can wait to be done properly.
Considering this situation was either incompetence or a calculated political move, waiting becomes much more important.