US Ends WMD search

[Relbeek Einre]

The reactor was in exchange for them ending their nuclear weapons program, of course. So it's not like anything changed.

[Narith]

Well then Rsak feel free to go back and reread the post. In essence I said that wether or not Bush lied there is as much proof about it as they had proving Saddam had WMDs and they started a war with that proof.

For the rest of the things taken out of context please, feel free to go back and actually read it.

[Ddrak]

The reactor that NK had given to them couldn't be used to make weapons grade material. That was the whole point of it. What NK did that upset people was firing up an old reactor of theirs that *could* be used for this purpose.

Dd

[Relbeek Einre]

I believe that's incorrect, Ddrak, but my memory isn't perfect on this. As far as I knew, any power plant could produce weapons-grade materials.

[Rsak]

Narith,

In essence I said that wether or not Bush lied there is as much proof about it as they had proving Saddam had WMDs and they started a war with that proof.

Well you are welcome to that opinion and if Iraq had WMD was the only reasoning used by the Administration to invade Iraq you might have a valid point. This is where an ability to follow current events and listen to speeches would help and you would understand that numerous reasons were given. Some of those have been proven true while other have been proven false.

Not only have you baselessly accused me of misquoting you, but you think I have taken your comments out of context. So feel free to back up where I took anything you stated out of context and have something that resemebles an intelligent conversation rather you inane babbling that only proves you inaiblity to form a coherent thought.

[Ddrak]

Well, I googled light water and found this:

http://globalpolitician.com/articles.as ... ainst+Time

...heavy water, with an extra hydrogen atom, is needed to make plutonium for nuclear weapons.

When I'd finished laughing, I played with my google search and got the following:

http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2005_01-02/NK.asp

It called for North Korea to suspend operation of its graphite-moderated nuclear reactor, as well as the construction of two larger reactors, in return for two light-water nuclear reactors (LWRs) and 500,000 metric tons of heavy-fuel oil from KEDO as well as other benefits. It is more difficult to use LWRs to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons.

You're correct in that it's not impossible to make weapons grade material from LWRs, but it's a hell of a lot harder and much, much more inefficient (there aren't as many free neutrons running around).

Dd

[Relbeek Einre]

So we're both kinda right. Yay.

FREE NEUTRONS!

[Narith]

Rsak, you did misquote me all you need to do is go back a few posts and reread it, but as far as I am concerned I am done with you. You are like arguing with a 3 year old child.

[Embar Angylwrath]

Many people did not believe Saddam had WMD before the invasion. I was one of them. Unfortunately this board does not archive 2 year old threads or I could point to posts I made saying just that.

The intelligence communiuties of several large nations and the Clinton administration did beleive it.

[Relbeek Einre]

And it's very possible the Clinton administration destroyed Saddam's last stockpile of them. But we'll never know for sure.

Here's a question, Embar. Do you think the Bush administration deliberately exaggerated to the American people and/or the UN the certainty of Saddam's continued possession of WMDs, or the quantities and locations thereof?

[Rsak]

Narith,

I have read my post as well as the post where the quotes came from.. Both are on this page and there is zero discrepency between them.

Since it appears that no one know what you are talking about you could simple provide the before and after. Your inability to do so only proves that you are worse then a 3rd grade child by your standards!