Here’s the big story for tomorrow.
Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq
Since this was an IAEA site, its location, and what was there, was known to us before we invaded. What, exactly, were our troops doing that was more important than making sure terrorists didn’t make off with 350 tons of very high explosives that can be used either to trigger a nuclear weapon or to kill our troops? I honestly can’t think of any way at all that we could have let this happen. If it had been one guy sneaking in and making off with a document, maybe, but I would have thought that it would be impossible for people using heavy equipment to make off with 350 tons of stuff had we been making any serious effort to secure this site. So why didn’t we? What could we possibly have been thinking?
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Just asking.