Originally posted by: tnitsuj
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
Originally posted by: charrison
But it had not previously been known that a majority of the Defense Intelligence Agency's engineering team had come to disagree with the central finding of the white paper: that the trailers were used for making biological weapons.
"The team has decided that in their minds, there could be another use, for inefficient hydrogen production, most likely for balloons," a Defense Department official said.
How sure are they?
Nice selective reading there. They didn't say they were unsure that the trailers were used for Hydrogen production.
They seem to be pretty sure that the trailers were for making hydrogen. What they are unsure of is the use for said hydrogen.
"The majority of the Defense Intelligence Agency's engineering team had come to disagree with the central finding of the white paper: that the trailers were used for making biological weapons. "
That seems pretty sure. Especially since two independant agencies have now come to this conclusion.
I will take the unnamed source from the DIA saying these things could inefficiently make hydrogen gas. But why would these even be needed with Iraq's oil refining capability? There still seems to be some peices of the puzzle missing.
Well seeing as how they were mobile, that does fit in with the idea of using them to fill balloons for target pratice as opposed to having big tankers full of compressed hydrogen rolling around..but I am not an expert on such matters.
You do also realize that as you harp on innefficiency of hydrogen procution, the lack of steam sterlization equipment means that no matter how inefficient they would be for producing hydrogen, they would be orders of magnitude more inneficient and dangerous for producing bioweapons?? The explanation given by the CIA was that they used chemical sterilization (WAY more difficult, expensive, and dangerous, read inefficient) or they hadn't found that other trailer yet.
A few more pieces of the puzzle missing thier indeed. Of ocurse you ahd no problem with those much larger missing pieces of the puzzle when things supported your viewpoint.
I tend to believe it when independant technical experts from the DIA and State with presumably no political agenda say that something wasn't used for a particular purpose which seems to the be consensus. The technical evidence is pointing away from the bioweapons theory which has been louydly trumpeted by the politics to support thier cause. It appears the only way these trailers or the alumninum tubes were used for weapons production would be if the Iraqs were complete idiots who did things 100% the oposite of the way anyone else did it. Of course you can believe that if it fits your politics and paranoia.