and this is why i dont dive in the sea

i was reading up on some chemical warfare mishaps over at dark roasted blend. and was completely shocked and disappointed in the decision makers of this country and world. as deep sea news reports:

"The Army now admits that it secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents into the sea, along with 400,000 chemical-filled bombs, land mines and rockets and more than 500 tons of radioactive waste - either tossed overboard or packed into the holds of scuttled vessels." [link]

so...how would a conversation addressing this actually occur? at some point someone had to have made the decision to dump enough nerve gas, mustard gas, chemical-filled bombs, land mines, rockets, radioactive waste, and not to mention things like VX nerve agent into the sea. maybe the conversation went something like this:

kid A: Sir, you wanted to see me?
kid B: Yes I did.
(kid B shuffles his feet, takes a sip of scotch and inhales long on his Malboro.)
kid B: I want to you to take all those VX rockets and sink them in the Ocean about 100 miles from Atlantic City.
kid A: Sir, thats some nasty stuff. Are you sure we want to do that? Joey told me that a drop of that stuff is enough to kill a man.
kid B: Thats right, that why we need to dump it deep into the Ocean. We signed a Chemical Warefare agreement and we have to get rid of it.
(kid B pauses as if he is forming a logical statement in his mind, but is having trouble and instead wants to be golfing.)
kid B: the best place for VX rockets is at the bottom of the ocean. Do it. And dont tell anyone of it. Ever.
kid A: yes sir.
(kid A leaves and dumps over 7000 VX rockets into the sea off the shore of Atlantic City. He then goes to the casinos and makes note to never take his family there on vacation.)

by the way, 200 micrograms of VX can kill a man. that means one pound of the stuff contains 2,267,961.9 lethal doses. and how many rockets did we sink?

7,380.

read more here and here and here

and have a nice day.