BUT WAIT! It was only one-tenth of 1 percent of what they destroyed!

[BUSHOUT]

I'm sick of hearing about this 400,000 tons. Now they're calling what's missing one-tenth of 1 percent, and the media is giving it a pass.

What the h*ll is this 400,000 tons they talk about?
It's more bullshit, that's what.

HOW can they keep a straight face and compare this HMX/RDX/WHATEVER-X
to all the other guns/ammo/munitions/ordinance/tanks they found and wrecked?

Here's all you need to know. An IAEA spokesperson has said that Al-QaQaa was quote:

"the main high explosives storage facility in Iraq"

So don't give me this one-tenth of 1 percent SHIT!

Don't let ANYONE tell you this was a drop in the bucket. Don't let these lies sink in anymore.

[troublemaker]

1. Is anyone literally saying that?

If so, that means Iraq had 400 million tons or explosives. That's 800 Billion pounds right?

[charlie]

2. I'm sure

every capgun, slingshot, and water balloon is included in that figure.

[BUSHOUT]

3. From the latest NYT article on the subject:

"The Pentagon also notes that it has destroyed 400,000 tons of munitions from thousands of sites across Iraq, and that the explosives at Al Qaqaa account for "one-tenth of 1 percent" of that amount."

Your math is mixed up though.
400,000 is not 400 million tons. It's still a lot though, and they're attempting to downplay this, in spite of the IAEA saying Al-Qaa-qa was:

"THE main high explosives storage facility in Iraq" (emphasis mine)

[T Roosevelt]

4. Somebody pointed out that Russia

has about 10000 nuclear warheads - so only one of them (.01%) is really no big deal...right? right?