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2008-10-11 Home Front: WoT

US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears

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Posted by lotp 2008-10-11 08:07|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 This comes under the heading of the "3 rationales" rule, and important concept in modern strategic policy.

That is, an extraordinary policy like this is never reliant on just a single major rationale, such as the one named, that providing vaccine could provide assistance to bioterrorism.

A very good reason for this is because most people will assume that there are only single rationales for major policy decisions, for example, invading Iraq for "blood for oil". In retrospect, you see the naivete.

However, if you have three very good rationales (as a minimum) for a major policy decision, even if the obvious one is negated, you still have two very good backup reasons.

So the big question, since this assumed reason is obviously wrong, what are the other three reasons?

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-11 10:00|| 2008-10-11 10:00|| Front Page Top

#2 I remember the 3 Rationales Rule from Risk. Which involved the Patrimony and Certain sekret behaviors best left unmentioned.

Also involved Dragon Flies and exploding heads.

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-11 13:10|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-10-11 13:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, please. Just preventing the ability to vaccinate their bioweapons scientists against the agents that they will be starting with is enough to justify this policy. And if they have to send their bioweapons scientists out of the country or procure stocks from other places, then that gives everyone an opportunity to observe their behaviors.

Contagious bioweapons deployed against their own people is an emerging doomsday device for this century's failed dictators. Making every step along the way hard for them is worthwhile.

Posted by rammer">rammer 2008-10-11 23:39|| www.blogoram.com]">[www.blogoram.com] 2008-10-11 23:39|| Front Page Top

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