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for all of you who are "against" this war, ( and i am not saying i am entirley for it) keep in mind that right now, wether we agree with any of it, it is going on. Kids are dying in our name. So atleast be appreciative of them, and get your anti-patriotic heads out of your ass's. I have family over there. I don't want to hear about it, especially if it is regurgated, unintelligent, i just want to be anti society, and have something to bitch about, because whoa is me, in my supressed white bread upper middle class life....do something about it. The other day I walking through campus, where they were blasting rage against the machine and handing out these stupid flyers (i guess we have a new generation of pot-smoking idealist on our hands) and this kids tried to shove a flyer in my face. I told him i didnt want one and he went on to accuse me of being unamerican. I tore him a new asshole. Noone knows how this is effecting anyone else. have your opinions, but don't chastise mine asshole. Its not about america. wether you think it is only about oil, or bush's want for empirism, or whatever - hte fact still remains that we had a treaty with saddam, we have aided him in past wars, and he still continues to be a sneaky, manipulative psycho. rape camps, plastic grinders and unaccounted for weapons of mass destruction.

Why you may ask - is it our problem? Why should we risk the lives of our people to liberate Iraq. Who the fuck knows. Because that is what we do. We did it in World War II and we tried in vain in Vietnam, and no amount of protesters or party hardy teenagers changed it.

I don't agree with it. But my uncle is over there, and my boyfriends brother. So somehow, it has gotten personal. And it is occuring wether we like it or not.

so basically have your opinions but make sure they are educated. The one thing in this world that pisses me off is misguided, and unknown ignorance.

Thank you

I have probably been hypocritcal throughout this entire rant. But hey fuck you.

and guys i know that times are shit, but there are things we can do to help ourselves.

read this:

The "Real" Deal about Nuclear, Bio, and Chemical Attacks by SFC Red

Thomas (Ret)

Since the media has decided to scare everyone with predictions of

chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare on our turf I decided to write

a paper and keep things in their proper perspective. I am a retired

military weapons, munitions, and training expert.

Lesson number one: In the mid 1990's there were a series of nerve gas

attacks on crowded Japanese subway stations. Given perfect conditions

for an attack less than 10% of the people there were injured (the

injured were better in a few hours) and only one percent of the injured

died.

60 Minutes once had a fellow telling us that one drop of nerve gas

could kill a thousand people, well he didn't tell you the thousand dead

people per drop was theoretical.

Drill Sergeants exaggerate how terrible this stuff was to keep the

recruits awake in class (I know this because I was a Drill Sergeant

too).

Forget everything you've ever seen on TV, in the movies, or read in a

novel about this stuff, it was all a lie (read this sentence again out

loud!)!

These weapons are about terror, if you remain calm, you will probably

not die. This is far less scary than the media and their "Experts,"

make it sound.

Chemical weapons are categorized as Nerve, Blood, Blister, and

Incapacitating agents Contrary to the hype of reporters and politicians

they are not weapons of mass destruction they are "Area denial," and

terror weapons that don't destroy anything.

When you leave the area you almost always leave the risk. That's the

difference; you can leave the area and the risk; soldiers may have to

stay put and sit through it and that's why they need all that spiffy

gear.

These are not gasses; they are vapors and/or air borne particles. The

agent must be delivered in sufficient quantity to kill/injure, and that

defines when/how it's used.

Every day we have a morning and evening inversion where "stuff,"

suspended in the air gets pushed down. This inversion is why allergies

(pollen) and air pollution are worst at these times of the day.

So, a chemical attack will have it's best effect an hour or so either

side of sunrise/sunset. Also, being vapors and airborne particles they

are heavier than air so they will seek low places like ditches,

basements and underground garages.

This stuff won't work when it's freezing, it doesn't last when it's

hot, and wind spreads it too thin too fast. They've got to get this

stuff on you, or, get you to inhale it for it to work. They also have

to get the concentration of chemicals high enough to kill or wound you.

Too little and it's nothing, too much and it's wasted. What I hope

you've gathered by this point is that a chemical weapons attack that

kills a lot of people is incredibly hard to do with military grade

agents and equipment so you can imagine how hard it will be for

terrorists.

The more you know about this stuff the more you realize how hard it is

to use.

We'll start by talking about nerve agents. You have these in your

house, plain old bug killer (like Raid) is nerve agent. All nerve

agents work the same way; they are cholinesterase inhibitors that mess

up the signals your nervous system uses to make your body function.

It can harm you if you get it on your skin but it works best if they

can get you to inhale it. If you don't die in the first minute and you

can leave the area you're probably gonna live. The military's antidote

for all nerve agents is atropine and pralidoxime chloride. Neither one

of these does anything to cure the nerve agent, they send your body

into overdrive to keep you alive for five minutes, after that the agent

is used up. Your best protection is fresh air and staying calm. Listed

below are the symptoms for nerve agent poisoning.

Sudden headache, Dimness of vision (someone you're looking at will have

pinpointed pupils), Runny nose, Excessive saliva or drooling,

Difficulty breathing, Tightness in chest, Nausea, Stomach cramps,

Twitching of exposed skin where a liquid just got on you. If you are in

public and you start experiencing these symptoms, first ask yourself,

did anything out of the ordinary just happen, a loud pop, did someone

spray something on the crowd? Are other people getting sick too?

Is there an odor of new mown hay, green corn, something fruity, or

camphor where it shouldn't be? If the answer is yes, then calmly (if

you panic you breathe faster and inhale more air/poison) leave the area

and head up wind, or, outside. Fresh air is the best "right now

antidote".

If you have a blob of liquid that looks like molasses or Kayro syrup on

you; blot it or scrape it off and away from yourself with anything

disposable. This stuff works based on your body weight, what a crop

duster uses to kill bugs won't hurt you unless you stand there and

breathe it in real deep, then lick the residue off the ground for while.

Remember they have to do all the work, they have to get the

concentration up and keep it up for several minutes while all you have

to do is quit getting it on you/quit breathing it by putting space

between you and the attack.

Blood agents are cyanide or arsine which effect your blood's ability to

provide oxygen to your tissue. The scenario for attack would be the

same as nerve agent. Look for a pop or someone splashing/spraying

something and folks around there getting woozy/falling down.

The telltale smells are bitter almonds or garlic where it shouldn't be.

The symptoms are blue lips, blue under the fingernails, rapid

breathing. The military's antidote is amyl nitride and just like nerve

agent antidote it just keeps your body working for five minutes till

the toxins are used up.

Fresh air is the your best individual chance. Blister agents (distilled

mustard) are so nasty that nobody wants to even handle it let alone use

it. It's almost impossible to handle safely and may have delayed effect

of up to 12 hours.

The attack scenario is also limited to the things you'd see from other

chemicals. If you do get large, painful blisters for no apparent

reason, don't pop them, if you must, don't let the liquid from the

blister get on any other area, the stuff just keeps on spreading. It's

just as likely to harm the user as the target. Soap, water, sunshine,

and fresh air are this stuff's enemy.

Bottom line on chemical weapons (it's the same if they use industrial

chemical spills); they are intended to make you panic, to terrorize

you, to herd you like sheep to the wolves. If there is an attack, leave

the area and go upwind, or to the sides of the wind stream.

They have to get the stuff to you, and on you. You're more likely to be

hurt by a drunk driver on any given day than be hurt by one of these

attacks. Your odds get better if you leave the area. Soap, water, time,

and fresh air really deal this stuff a knock_out_punch.

Don't let fear of an isolated attack rule your life. The odds are

really on your side.

Nuclear bombs. These are the only weapons of mass destruction on earth.

The effects of a nuclear bomb are heat, blast, EMP, and radiation. If

you see a bright flash of light like the sun, where the sun isn't, fall

to the ground!

The heat will be over in a second. Then there will be two blast waves,

one out going, and one on it's way back. Don't stand up to see what

happened after the first wave; anything that's going to happen will

have happened in two full minutes.

These will be low yield devices and will not level whole cities. If you

live through the heat, blast, and initial burst of radiation, you'll

probably live for a very very long time.

Radiation will not create fifty foot tall women, or giant ants and

grass hoppers the size of tanks. These will be at the most 1 kiloton

bombs; that's the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Here's the real

deal, flying debris and radiation will kill a lot of exposed (not all!)

people within a half mile of the blast. Under perfect conditions this

is about a half mile circle of death and destruction, but, when it's

done it's done.

EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse and it will fry every electronic

device for a good distance, it's impossible to say what and how far but

probably not over a couple of miles from ground zero is a good guess.

Cars, cell phones, computers, ATMs, you name it, all will be out of

order.

There are lots of kinds of radiation, you only need to worry about

three, the others you have lived with for years. You need to worry

about "Ionizing radiation," these are little subatomic particles that

go whizzing along at the speed of light. They hit individual cells in

your body, kill the nucleus and keep on going. That's how you get

radiation poisoning, you have so many dead cells in your body that the

decaying cells poison you. It's the same as people getting radiation

treatments for cancer, only a bigger area gets radiated. The good news

is you don't have to just sit there and take it, and there's lots you

can do rather than panic.

First; your skin will stop alpha particles, a page of a news paper or

your clothing will stop beta particles, you just got to try and avoid

inhaling dust that's contaminated with atoms that are emitting these

things and you'll be generally safe from them. Gamma rays are particles

that travel like rays (quantum physics makes my brain hurt) and they

create the same damage as alpha and beta particles only they keep going

and kill lots of cells as they go all the way through your body. It

takes a lot to stop these things, lots of dense material, on the other

hand it takes a lot of this to kill you.

Your defense is as always to not panic.

Basic hygiene and normal preparation are your friends. All canned or

frozen food is safe to eat. The radiation poisoning will not effect

plants so fruits and vegetables are OK if there's no dust on them

(rinse them off if there is).

If you don't have running water and you need to collect rain water or

use water from wherever, just let it sit for thirty minutes and skim

off the water gently from the top. The dust with the bad stuff in it

will settle and the remaining water can be used for the toilet which

will still work if you have a bucket of water to pour in the tank.

Finally there's biological warfare. There's not much to cover here.

Basic personal hygiene and sanitation will take you further than a

million doctors.

Wash your hands often, don't share drinks, food, sloppy kisses, etc.,

... with strangers. Keep your garbage can with a tight lid on it, don't

have standing water (like old buckets, ditches, or kiddie pools) laying

around to allow mosquitoes breeding room. This stuff is carried by

vectors, that is bugs, rodents, and contaminated material. If

biological warfare is so easy as the TV makes it sound, why has Saddam

Hussein spent twenty years, millions, and millions of dollars trying to

get it right? If you're clean of person and home you eat well and are

active you're gonna live.

Overall preparation for any terrorist attack is the same as you'd take

for a big storm. If you want a gas mask, fine, go get one. I know this

stuff and I'm not getting one and I told my Mom not to bother with one

either (how's that for confidence).

We have a week's worth of cash, several days worth of canned goods and

plenty of soap and water. We don't leave stuff out to attract bugs or

rodents so we don't have them.

These people can't conceive a nation this big with this much resources.

These weapons are made to cause panic, terror, and to demoralize. If we

don't run around like sheep they won't use this stuff after they find

out it's no fun. The government is going nuts over this stuff because

they have to protect every inch of America. You've only have to protect

yourself, and by doing that, you help the country.

Finally, there are millions of caveats to everything I wrote here and

you can think up specific scenarios where my advice isn't the best.

This letter is supposed to help the greatest number of people under the

greatest number of situations.

If you don't like my work, don't nit pick, just sit down and explain

chemical, nuclear, and biological warfare in a document around three

pages long yourself. This is how we the people of the United States can

rob these people of their most desired goal, your terror.

SFC Red Thomas (Ret) Armor Master Gunner Mesa, AZ

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