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From: Reg Edwards on 7 Aug 2006 04:29 Is it true that British atomic weapons can be guided to their targets only via USA military satellites? That's hardly "an independent deterrent", is it?
From: Eeyore on 7 Aug 2006 04:40 Reg Edwards wrote: > Is it true that British atomic weapons can be guided to their targets > only via USA military satellites? GPS ? Galileo should fix that. Graham
From: John Woodgate on 7 Aug 2006 05:47 In message <bs6dnbzVj867Z0vZRVnyiQ(a)bt.com>, dated Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Reg Edwards <g4fgq.regp(a)ZZZbtinternet.com> writes >Is it true that British atomic weapons can be guided to their targets >only via USA military satellites? > >That's hardly "an independent deterrent", is it? > I hope never to see a situation where we would use it without US acquiescence, at least. But **everyone** hopes we will never need to use it at all. It's a diplomatic asset; it helps to keep our permanent seat at the Security Council warm, for example. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 7 Aug 2006 07:03 John Woodgate wrote: > In message <44D61DCA.6A267972(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Sun, 6 Aug > 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes >> The country hadn't divided on religious lines. > > Oh, it was. And Saddam (a Sunni) was killing Shi'ites, Kurds, Marsh > Arabs and others. A few Christians, too, if you think that matters. http://www.stinkzone.com/cgi-bin/archives/000184.html "Saddam: between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Iraqis killed (includes Kurds) U.S. Occupation: about 100,000 killed directly or indirectly (includes Kurds) What this means is that if the U.S. invasion has lead to an average of about 70,000 deaths per year -- based on the survey that finds Iraqi death rate increased by 100,000 over the first 18 months of the occupation -- then it is likely that Iraqis are dying at a higher rate under the U.S. occupation than they were under Saddam's regime. If we take the estimates that between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Iraqis died during Saddam's rule (1979 - 2003), it yields an annual death rate of between 25,000 to 50,000 per year under Saddam. Based on the figure of 100,000 Iraqi deaths from the invasion, it could be said that the new annual death rate under U.S. "rule" (or lack of) is somewhere around 66,000 Iraqis per year. Annual deaths during Saddam rule: between 25,000 to 50,000 Annual deaths during U.S. Occupation: about 66,000" Dirki
From: joseph2k on 7 Aug 2006 07:11
Frank Bemelman wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> schreef in > bericht news:44D02A57.5EFCA45E(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com... >> >> >> Phat Bytestard wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:42:34 +0100, Eeyore >>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: >>> >>> > >>> > >>> >Phat Bytestard wrote: >>> > >>> >> Yeah... I thought that was hilarious too. >>> > >>> >Given your limited intellect I can understand that. >>> > >>> >>> You don't find it funny that the dumbass bad mouthed someone, made a >>> spelling error, >> >> NO, a typo. >> >>> and then came back later thinking someone else had >>> posted the error, >> >> Not so. >> >>> and chastised himself? >> >> No. He didn't do that either. >> >> >>> I find it perfect humor. >> >> You're easily amused. Not surprising given your knuckle dragging >> 'intellect'. > > Give him a break. He had soooo much fun with this 'spelling error' and > consequently jumping to all sorts of soooooo funny conclusions. Everybody > deserves a bit of fun, at times. Even Bytestard. > > Let's give him a bit more fun. I'll make a spelling error for him. Here > it comes: > > Let's have some fin now! > ^^^ > > Oh, what funny is that. Never seen such *perfect* humor! > Isn't it just brilliant? Laugh, dear Bytestard, laugh. > What a twit. Can't get an attribution just a handful or so posts back right. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens. --Schiller |