[geeks] POWER5!!!!

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:

> > >> That guy is so obsessed with the idea of proving himself that he'll
> > >> take the whole fucking country down to do it.
> >
> > >Saddam is nuts.  He's proved in the past that he has no qualms
> > >about using chemical weapons against his foes.
> >
> > Gosh. He has some of the same weapons the US does and uses them
> > in war. That must be a first.  It's not like the US has ever used
> > weapons of mass destruction against civilians.
>
> Hiroshima and Nagasaki did have military targets.

Nagasaki was one of the largest military shipyard/drydock complexes at the
time, but I don't believe that makes it right.

> > We didn't invade Pakistan when they tested their first nuke.
>
> No, we didn't, but Pakistan was driven to develop nukes to
> counter India.  We did discuss the issue diplomatically.

But India's first successful nuclear test was some time in the mid 1970's.

Peace...  Sridhar