2006-10-27 09:28:55 · 15 answers · asked by david c 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No.
2006-10-27 09:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is yes. The state of the munition does not change it's classification. Change the chemical composition to something inert and then it would no longer be a WMD. Further, if you are referring to what has been found in Iraq, it wasn't just Mustard gas. There were also Sarin gas tipped shells, one drop of which can kill an entire room full of people even today. I know liberals just hate to admit that after 3 years of screaming no WMDs and Bush lied that they were wrong, but then the truth often hurts.
2006-10-27 09:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Would you be willing to open up a couple shells full in a building filled with your family and friends to prove they are not? It seems to me that if I spray a cockroach with a can of 18 year old Raid, it will probably still be just as dead. It might just take a little longer to die (writhing around on the ground, just like Saddam's Kurdish victims in northern Iraq)
Look at the link below. Seems some enviros in 1997 were worried about some Mustard gas almost 50 years old. If it's not dangerous after 18, why should you be worried about 50.
http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/112897/UK4518.html
2006-10-27 09:44:35 · answer #3 · answered by boonietech 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't aware that Mustard Gas had a shelf life. The artillery shells may have not been in a usable condition but the chemical was still viable I am certain.
2006-10-27 09:43:41 · answer #4 · answered by APRock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define "useable". An old artillery shell or rocket full of mustard gas (actually full of the liquid chemical agent) may not be "useable" as originally intended but can certainly become part of an improvised device capable of mass destruction.
Depending upon how it is stored & handled even 18 year old mustard can be lethal.
2006-10-27 09:44:49 · answer #5 · answered by Xeod 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes,they found that stuff in WW11, left over from WW1 and got messed by it. We wiped out small pow in 1979, if they find some now should we fear it? Not me I am ammune but if you were born since 1976, I would worry.
2006-10-27 09:35:07 · answer #6 · answered by Scott B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes since it's still a highly dangerous chemical. Try reading up on the substance.
2006-10-27 09:32:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Even if it isn't as potent as it once was, it's still a highly dangerous substance. I doubt Sadam had any plans to use them, and considered them safe, or he would have moved them to syria with all his other illegal stuff.
2006-10-27 09:33:35 · answer #8 · answered by sethle99 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I would call it WMD. I would call Liberalism a WMD as well .
2006-10-27 09:33:57 · answer #9 · answered by Marcus720 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure if it was for political gain
Go big Red Go
2006-10-27 09:49:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not per se, but it can be used as a weapon much deadlier than a firearm.
2006-10-27 09:31:05 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋