Originally posted by Arc
That is the most ignorant thing i have ever read. Do you think the U.S. Is in the market of selling biological weapons?!?!?! You are out of your freeking mind. Do you think Rumsfeld would be where he is today if he had sold Biological weapons to IRAQ?!?!


Good lord what a moron.
How do you expect your argument to be taken seriously if you not only jump to conclusions based on patriotism, but throw in defammatory remarks at the same time?

Please read the Washington Post article posted by Wally and get back to me on this "moron" tag you have unfortunatly labelled me with. I want an apology.

Oh, and your comment:

"Do you think Rumsfeld would be where he is today if he had sold Biological weapons to IRAQ?!?!"
Well, your presidential entourage is riddled with people who you could say "do you think he/she would be where the are today if..."

Let's just take a random company, like, erm, oh, Enron, and see who in the higher eschelons of US government has been employed, held shares, or received funds in Enron shall we?

* George W Bush, President of the USA.
* Dick Cheney, Vice President of the USA.
* Lawrence B Lindsey, economic adviser to US President.
* Donald H Rumsfeld, US Defence Secretary, former ambassador to NATO.
* James A Baker, former Secretary of State. Enron reportedly paid him more than US$2 million in "consulting expenses" last year.
* Frank Wisner Jr, a former Pentagon official. An Enron deal maker, played an important role in Enron gaining contracts in India and the Philippines.
* Attorney General John Ashcroft. The Department of Justice is carrying out a criminal investigation into Enron. Ashcroft and his chief of staff have had to remove themselves from any involvement in the official investigation because of their links with Enron.
* Michael T Shelby, US attorney for southern Texas. The entire US
Attorney's Office in Houston has also been removed from the case because of personal ties to current or former employees of Enron.
* Thomas E White, now Secretary of the Army, was an executive with Enron for 11 years. Held US$50 million in Enron shares, sold most of them before the collapse. White was hired to bring business and other expertise to the military. He is a retired brigadier general and decorated Vietnam veteran (23 years of
military service) and Cold War warrior.
* Karl Rove, Chief of Staff and Bush's top adviser. Rove owned a block of Enron stock once worth US$250,000.
* Robert Zoellick, Bush's Trade Representative, also on Enron's payroll in an "advisory capacity".
* Marc Racicot, Republic National Committee chairman, former Montana Governor and Enron lobbyist.
* Lee Rosenthal, Federal judge, has removed herself from all Enron lawsuits, apparently just three days after denying a motion to freeze assets held by Enron executives and board members.
* Senator Phil Gramm, one of the biggest recipients of Enron campaign donations. Wasn't sure whether he should drop out of congressional investigations into Enron.
* Dr Wendy Gramm, Senator Gramm's wife, chair of the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 1988-1993. Played a major role in exempting the trading of energy products from government oversight greatly benefiting Enron. Then left the Commission and joined the board of Enron and its audit
committee.
* Billy Tauzin, Republican Representative, chair of House Energy and Commerce Committee inquiry focusing on Enron and Arthur Andersen. Received campaign money from Enron and Arthur Andersen.

and the list goes on....

Arc, you really shouldn't be so naive...