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Sunday, August 24, 2003
Droning On
Those of you who have not been rendered completely brain dead by the Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them may recall that during the runup to the Iraq Quagmire, the Bush administration trotted out pictures of what appeared to be some large, very badly made balsa wood airplanes which it said were designed to dispense biological or chemical weapons. Secretary of State Colin “I’se Coming, Miss Scarlett” Powell even raised the prospect that these pilotless aircraft could sneak into the United States to carry out poisonous attacks on American cities. Why would-be terrorists wouldn’t simply order a kit from FlyHobbies or their loyal hobby shop and build their own, much-nicer remote-controlled airplane like thousands of other good Americans isn’t clear.
The AP reports that U.S. weapons experts in Baghdad who have examined the unmanned aerial vehicles are now positive they weren't designed to dispense biological or chemical weapons. The evidence gathered this summer matched the dissenting views of Air Force intelligence analysts who argued in a national intelligence assessment of Iraq before the war that the remotely piloted planes were unarmed reconnaissance drones.
The hits just keep coming.
posted by Jerry Bowles
7:10 PM
Hello, Johnny
Regular readers will note that Groom and I have been joined here at the BofBs by a new blogger. John McCreery is an anthropologist and Asian scholar who has lived in Japan for many years. He brings a unique insider perspective to Japanese culture, politics and society, as well as a keen interest in politics here in the homeland. He is the author of Japanese Consumer Behaviour: From Worker Bees to Wary Shoppers: An Anthropologist Reads Research by the Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living, I'm sure he'll tell you more about himself over time but for now, please welcome him to our humble pages.
posted by Jerry Bowles
10:29 AM
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