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NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Lays Off 300 Engineers
Ghost of Von Karmen writes "NASA JPL, the lab that brought us missions such as Voyager, Cassini, and the Mars Exploration Rovers will eliminate about 300 engineering related positions due to Congressional budget cuts, according to various sources. The cuts reflect a change in emphasis away from robotic technology and toward human exploration of space. Prof. Elachi, head of JPL has indicated that the lab may pursue Department of Defense contracts to minimize additional reductions in personnel."
Then, for some reason, we invaded Iraq.
Read the 17 U.N. resolutions at the end of this post. These are the U.N. resolutions that the government of Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, repeatedly violated in a period of over a decade. These were written and voted on by U.N. nation members, who later voted for and approved of the use of force in removing the offending government in Iraq.
Also note that, as verifiable via public records, this vote took place before President Bush's speech where he first mentions the possibility of WMDs beig developed in Iraq. This was a mistake on Bush's part for trying to "sell the war" with the possibility of WMDs, because it as since been portrayed (incorrectly) as the main reason for the war. In Bush's defense though, the production of WMDs was a plausible possibility, since Saddam did kick out all the U.N. weapon inspectors.
But don't take my word for it. All the facts are out there, it just requires an honest mindset to find them amongst all the crap propaganda coming from both pro and anti-war sides.
UNSCR 1441 - November 8, 2002
UNSCR 1284 - December 17, 1999
UNSCR 1205 - November 5, 1998
UNSCR 1194 - September 9, 1998
UNSCR 1154 - March 2, 1998
UNSCR 1137 - November 12, 1997
UNSCR 1134 - October 23, 1997
UNSCR 1115 - June 21, 1997
UNSCR 1060 - June 12, 1996
UNSCR 1051 - March 27, 1996
UNSCR 949 - October 15, 1994
UNSCR 715 - October 11, 1991
UNSCR 707 - August 15, 1991
UNSCR 688 - April 5, 1991
UNSCR 687 - April 3, 1991
UNSCR 686 - March 2, 1991
UNSCR 678 - November 29, 1990
You do realise the vast majority of people resisting are well not from iraq?
17 UN resolutions, and booting the UN inspectors out of the country .
Caught red handed in lies and deceit over and over, fear and
intimidation used against inspectors .
This is just the short list of why .
Saddam openly admitted to making and weaponizing Biolutin Toxin, the
most poisonous substance on earth, and with maximum yield more deadly
than a nuclear weapon in theory .
Thank god the theory has never been tested to this day .
Saddam openly and publicly wrote checks to every suicide bombers family
in Israel, this alone makes it state sponsored terrorism .
Some ppl figured if he will back these nut jobs, maybe he will hand out
some of these bio/chem weapons along with a few more paychecks for death .
The ppl that cannot see this, or refuse to see it just do not want to and
live in some damn fantasy world where they think the media in the US tells
them the story without some kind of spin .
I am not saying Cheney or Bush have not done very dumb and bad things,
and I am not a fan of either, but Saddam should have been taken out after
the Kuwait stunt .
google "32 trillion offshore needs IRS attention"
Seriously man, this was discredited years ago. Where have you been? Also, sneaky use of "people" instead of "Iraqis". Because Iraqis aren't resisting anything. Look at the nationalities of these people who are getting killed. All imports.
Ok, now you've gone from willfully ignorant to high-school girl snarky. I'll assume the point you were trying to make is that there has been hardly any improvement to the infrastructure, that that there hasn't been any.
Almost no improvements to power, sewer or roads in the several years the US has been there. That's an...interesting position to take. What makes you say that?
Nope. I mean close to 4000 school have been worked on.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/ir
Nope. I mean plant democracy. You know, ratifying a constitution. Teaching people to take care of problems in their own area. Voting people into offices of power and discussing issues. Maybe you're thinking of some other country?
The Marines need me? To do what exactly? Last time I checked, the marines are doing fantastic without my direct intervention.
Or at least I thought so. You seem think that you know better though. So why aren't you over there, showing the Marines how to do it right?
For those who actually look at data coming from Iraq instead of falling back on sloganeering, you'll find this interesting: http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110005865
Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.