# We are happy \[the Space Shuttle\] broke up." **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 1, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148 "2003-02-01T19:45:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148/301 "2003-02-04T01:38:38Z")
And if you want to be taken seriously, Estilicon, provide proof of your assertion that the United States intends to carpet bomb Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![K\_rul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e5b9ba/32.png) [@K\_rul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K_rul)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148/302 "2003-02-04T01:56:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnnyIsGood \* > \*\*I’m angered by their lack of humanity. Iraq is full of people lack that. Fucking ignorant bastards. Any guesses on how long they and their God would last against the US Army? \*\* what the hell is wrong with you…im angered by your lack of humanity. fucking ignorant bastard ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148/303 "2003-02-04T04:58:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mswas \* > \*\*Now I said you should take that cite with a grain of salt, but if you can provide verifiable cites that Saddam started EACH AND EVERY oil fire, I’d like to see it. > > War is hell, and both sides are the demons. > > Erek \*\* mswas, I apologize for the over-the-top name-calling I engaged in yesterday. I am sorry. But you’re right, your “cite” leaves an awful lot to be desired to qualify as legit. After all, anyone can post a “Report” on the net. If it were true, why wouldn’t CNN/BBC/NYT/Time or whomever have reported it by now, in the last 12 years? The suggestion that Americans started the oil fires is news to me. Since we have U.S. military on this message board, I wonder if they can tell us whether or not we even use napalm anyomre, and for what purpose? As in, would napalm have even been in the conflict area? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148/304 "2003-02-04T05:02:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Estilicon \* > \*\*In the first 72 hours of war. > 500.000 Irakies will be in need of inmediate medical assistance. > 2 million refugees. > If goverment distribution of food breaks down (probable scenario) 10 million will face hunger. > In that scenario thousands will die, unfortunately we will never know just as we don’t know how many civilians were killed in your latest war. \*\* But how many Iraqi penguins will die? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148/305 "2003-02-04T06:10:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Estilicon \* > \*\*… In the first 72 hours of war. > 500.000 Irakies will be in need of inmediate medical assistance. > 2 million refugees. > If goverment distribution of food breaks down (probable scenario) 10 million will face hunger. > In that scenario thousands will die, unfortunately we will never know just as we don’t know how many civilians were killed in your latest war. \*\* Didn’t we hear similiar apocalyptic predictions for Afghanistan? Thousands starving to death, freezing, blah blah blah. If you are against invading Iraq, that fine (if wrong.) But throwing out numbers like that isn’t going to convince anyone… (Sort of like the tree-huggers predicting that we would be out of oil by the end of the 20th century. Oh wait! We meant 21st century…ya, thats the ticket!) ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148/306 "2003-02-04T08:30:20Z")
Brutus: Umm, there were millions of people starving and freezing in Afghanistan. You never saw the pictures of people living in holes in the desert with just a makeshift cloth covering over it? Erek ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148/307 "2003-02-04T08:41:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mswas \* > \*\*Brutus: Umm, there were millions of people starving and freezing in Afghanistan. You never saw the pictures of people living in holes in the desert with just a makeshift cloth covering over it? > > Erek \*\* Stop mocking Kabul. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148/308 "2003-02-04T08:56:08Z")
Well you stated it as though the predictions (which came true) were ludicrous. Anyway, cute 😉 Erek [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-happy-the-space-shuttle-broke-up/152148.md?page=15)