Re: Incendiary

"Trogdor" <tdeto@ nospamcomcast.net> wrote:

"Mickey" <Mickey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Trogdor" <tdeto@ nospamcomcast.net> wrote:

"Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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. And
he WMD were never there as pretty much everyone with any intelligence
access said was the case and said it for 2 years prior to this disaster.

then what did he gas those Kurd's with? something from Thompson's.

That's why they invented that slippery term, "Weapons of Mass
Destruction". It means something, but it doesn't mean anything
*specific*, which give them wiggle room.

sorry but it does
A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a weapon which can kill large numbers
of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e.g. buildings),
natural structures (e.g. mountains) or the biosphere in general. The term
covers several weapon types, including nuclear, biological, chemical (NBC)
and, increasingly, radiological weapons.

You prove my point.
It doesn't mean anything SPECIFIC. It's a class, a grouping. It can
mean whatever the user wants it to mean.

If I carry two machine guns, by your definition, *I* would be a "WMD",
because I could kill an arbitrarily "large" number of humans. A
wrecking ball is a "WMD" by your definition. The Exxon Valdez was a
"WMD".

Further, the last part of your statement also goes towards my point.
"The term covers several weapon types, ... increasingly, radiological
weapons." "Increasingly"? As they modify they definition? Thereby
proving that it has no inherent meaning?



It's just like the term "assault rifle". It means something, but not
specifically.

sorry but it does

The next submachine gun design to emerge was the MP43 or Machine Pistol 43
from a design developed in 1943. It fired a less powerful cartridge and had
a lighter recoil as a result. However, Hitler, still thinking that troops
needed a weapon capable of firing 2000 yards, ordered that production of the
weapon not start. The German arms minister, however, knew the need of the
new weapon, and changed the name to "Machine Pistol", which is what the
Germans called their submachine guns like the US Thompson .45 cal. The trick
worked and the weapon went into production at three factories and German
troops all over the Eastern Front were clamouring for the new weapon. The
whole affair was blown" when a few divisional commanders asked Hitler at a
conference when they would get the new weapon. Hitler was furious and
ordered an investigation. Luckily for the men that had disobeyed the
Fuehrer, the results of the investigation were so encouraging about the new
weapon that Hitler changed his mind and announced that henceforward the
weapon would be called "Sturmgewehr" or Assault Rifle. This was the world's
first ever assault rifle.

So it's a machine gun.
.

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