Why can't I let this rest? I don't know...

Templar is once again at it. He keeps talking about how "Iraq can't be asked to prove a negative" in regards to how Iraq should prove itself disarmed. I wrote this reply, and I think it's pretty good.

Iraq can prove the "negative", as you put it, by showing the records of it's destruction! When dealing with WMD, trust me, records are kept of the record-keeping records!

Show me Bob Dobilina's signature saying that he, personally, was present at the destruction. Let's talk to Bob. Let Bob show me the site they were destroyed. Then, let Bob introduce me to Dave Smith, who took the remains to the scrapyard. See, this is Dave's signature. Let's talk to the scrapyard manager, and corrolate his records with Bob's records.

And, two signatures are required, on documents regarding WMD. The two-man rule: Never be alone. EVER!

In a silo, you HAVE TO be wthin sight of your teammates. If you're on a two-man team, and one of you needs to get a screwdriver, topside - guess what? You're BOTH going up. A wicked PITA - but an absolutely nessesary rule.

When you destroy a Tamper Detection Indicator (TDI), you need to record the serial numbers, burn the TDI, and have two signatures of the two people present at the burning. You then turn the records in at KCCC where the officers there will record your records, and file them away.

A TDI is a holographic sticker. A freakin' sticker.

Don't even start to tell me that Iraq didn't keep those type of records! We're talking WMD - not a DVD you lent a friend. Don't even go there!

BTW - I keep a record of all the DVDs I lend. A control-freak like Saddam would like a little bit of accountability regarding his weapons of mass destruction!