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So u find tat Iraq may produce WMD in the forms of Biological, Gas, or Nuclear device etc and stuff in car bombs and may send to other terrorrists group in the world. But up till now, is there any such agents found in the car bomb attacks ? No such attacks had been found and no concrete evidence that Iraq has manage to export such weopons and I believe that it is drawn from your own conclusion, expolating into a future possibilities. [/quote]
Surely being so smart, you cannot be so stupid at the same time, to the extent that you will offer such a point of view ?
If we were to wait until a 'car bomb' is fitted with a WMD device, do you think we will still be around to have such a debate ?
One thing is for certain again. North Korea did sold its rocket launcher, rifles, missiles and maybe nuclear weopons to other dubious countries. They actually caught one of the ship trying to smuggle weopons. The grade of weopons sold from Korea, to me, is certainly a grade higher than those from Iraq. Using a rocket launcher, or missiles are better than using a typical car bomb.
North Korea had sent a shipment of Surface-to-surface Missile to Yemen, which is recognised as a sovereign state with legitimate needs for its own defence - although one may need to question what use have they got with such a missile system, given their own small population size and a smaller standing military force.
For your information, the ship was allowed to continue its journey to Yemen and unload its cargo.
I am not sure if you understand the secretive and surreptious nature of terrorist work, that capitalize on the suddeness of an attack that spread terror, pain and death in such a sudden and fast pace of events that panic is created.
With a launching of a missile, the launch can almost be immediately picked-up, trajectory detected, and the point of launch can be determined. If you are referring to the strength of the warhead and the size of a car bomb, it should be about the same 300 kg power.
If your "stupidissmart" logic do not prevent your mathematical mind from working, you will note that a car used in a car bomb attack is relatively cheap (anywhere in the world except Singapore) than a Missile.
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With regards to the lawless situation in Iraq, the Iraqis are responsible in contributing to an unstable and volatile situation
Even just when Baghdad had fallen, and before Saddam, his Sons, and the leadership had been captured, the Iraqi Religious Leaders were already working the ground, agitating the Iraqi population to demonstrate to kick the US Army out of Iraq.
If this is not foolishness, what else can we describe the mind of the average Iraqi ?
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Is it because of the demostration by the Iraqis tat lead to no power, no water, no public servant, no jobs etc ? South Korea and Taiwanese can have all the demostration they want, they still have their power, water and order etc. Is demostration considered lawlessness ? Are their demostration done to a big scale frequently ? Had demostration result in hindering the build up of reservoir and power grid ? With regards to lawlessness, is the sacking of all Saddam related offices like police and army the main cause or just demostration by the people ?
Your logic used and approach is questionable.
During the New York and London black out, do you think there will be a restoration of electrical power in any faster period of time if those affected people had rioted and organised demonstrations to protest the removal of all the Government system and personnels ?
Similarly, in Iraq, the damage to the electrical grid, water and sewer system was not caused by the US Armed Forces, which had avoided damaging such civilian infrastructure during this Second Iraq War.
In Korea, Taiwan, and Hongkong, the citizens's objectives in demonstating against their respective Governments had nothing to do with such basic infrastructural services.
They were demonstrating against job losses and politics, which you will know that no matter how much you demonstrate, job losses will continue and may even destabilize the economic environment that will aggravate the situation further. So does demonstration achieve any purpose if it is not focus on the actual cause ?
Initially I thought the more important reason why peace is not established is bacause of attack on US troop from the DIEHARD Saddam Loyalist and foreign elements. Tat is why I demand for explanation for why blame the whole Iraq if there is only a small number of such extremists.
After the initial warm reception by the Iraqi citizens to the arrival of the US led Coalition Forces in the North and the South, the remaining loyalists in Saddam Hussein's home state in the Middle of Iraq remained defiant.
With the exception of the Kurds in Northen Iraq that continued to work closely with the US Armed Forces, the Islamic Clergy in Southern Iraq agitated the population to demonstrate against the US Led Coalition Forces; which caused further disruptions to the efforts to re-establich public security.
The Saddam Hussein loyalists, and reported foreign fighters filtering back into Iraq, picking easy targets at isolated pockets and unwary soldiers of the US Led Coalition, caused major disruptions that seemingly gave a helpless quagmire situation that the US Led Coaltion seemed to have found themselves in.
In such a scenario, with the Islamic Clergy motivating the large Muslim population to mindlessly demonstrate for the departure of US Led Coalition, and the endless pin-prick guerilla skirmishes with Saddam's loyalists and unknown persons from inside or outside Iraq - this has caused the statement to be made that the Iraqi people has also to be made responsible for the situation that they have found themselves in.
The poor infrastructure system experienced by most Iraqis during the period that Saddam was in power, was never announced nor could any public protests be allowed by Saddam and his henchmen.
At least, with the liberation of Iraq by the US Armed Foces, a certain degree of freedom to demonstrate against the USA is alllowed.
In such a chaotic country with many tribes, many political parties trying to take control, it need someone who is harsher to take. Iraq has been deeply religius muslim country. If like America, suddenly exposing the people to mad rush of infomation, offering no control thus no order, it only result in creating more havoc and helplessness.
It was after being in control of a harsh leader for many years, after the dispute between different political parties and tribes have quiet down or put down, with years of education, then can they gradually increase the awareness of notions such as freedom, liberty and social grace.
As I have said, the person going to take over Iraq have not displayed any incredible talents, nor does it have any impressive merits under its belt. It is unlikely it will be harsh enough to put down any possible opposition thus resulting in lack of control. It will not gather the respect of the people and will not stop them from being rebellious.
Why are you so impatient with achieving results, when the US Armed Forces is still trying to complete Level 2 of its present Computer Game of Command and Conquer to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his henchmen ?
Do you seriously believe that the harsh and iron hand rule of Saddam Hussein had allowed a high standard of infrastructure to be abandoned and fall apart the moment Saddam has left the scene ?
By the same token, this concern has also been mine, concerning the very finite life span of LKY as he move into his twilight years.
Will the absence of the strong hands of LKY result in a similar decline and breaking down of the entire infrastructural system in Singapore then ?