tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post6417937851566382655..comments2024-03-28T19:45:08.560-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Giant pouched ratMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-78956109391963658302011-07-25T11:50:05.703-05:002011-07-25T11:50:05.703-05:00I love rats! I want to be one of this! ^^I love rats! I want to be one of this! ^^Surehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983406912085615032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21854265686232701162011-07-24T20:01:34.350-05:002011-07-24T20:01:34.350-05:00Cluster bombs are another problem. Not all of the ...Cluster bombs are another problem. Not all of the bomblets go off. Some cluster bombs were designed for airstrip denial. Some of the submnitions were designed not to detonate unless moved or tampered with in order to prevent airstrip repair. <br /><br />This is the main reason the US has not signed on to UN restrictions on land mines. Some cluster munitions would be restricted by the ban. I don't see why the US didn't propose a new version of the treaty that allowed for some use of clusterbombs, while restricting concealed landmines. <br /><br />Landmines are designed to wound rather than kill. The dead can be left behind, the wounded must be evacuated and cared for. Wounding causes more logistic drain than killing. All part of the cruel logic of attrition.<br /><br />These pouched rats seem like they'd make great pets.Bacopanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50465754823445714392011-07-24T16:29:23.455-05:002011-07-24T16:29:23.455-05:00It's sad that land mines exist, and that anyon...It's sad that land mines exist, and that anyone has to use any method to locate and disable them.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85551478300459524972011-07-24T14:34:03.812-05:002011-07-24T14:34:03.812-05:00Why is that a sadder note? People and dogs who try...Why is that a sadder note? People and dogs who try to find land mines are much more likely to set them off accidentally than the rats are...jsb16https://www.blogger.com/profile/15026570673498674977noreply@blogger.com