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Originally Posted by shakran
In which case, since its spread exploded during the Reagan administration, we'd have used it to attack the "evil empire" of the USSR.
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Perhaps they thought that Russian counter-intelligence would find out about it and launch a counter-offensive bioweapon or a nuclear strike. Attacking what are effectively backward nations is a damn sight easier.
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Originally Posted by shakran
Then why didn't we release it in Saudi Arabia and the other OPEC nations? If you hadn't noticed, we get a lot more oil from them, and they screw us over a lot more.
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The conditions in Africa are perfect for a HIV epidemic, whereas Islamic states tend to have a less liberal attitude to sex. I would imagine the middle eastern OPEC states could also afford a similar level of treatment to the US. African nations also have a history of screwing the population at the expense of the government, the general public probably wouldn't get treated even if they had the capability. The UN try to help regarding a number of different issues and a lot of the time get shot at for their trouble.
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Originally Posted by shakran
As for the other imports, they don't add up to enough value from Africa alone to justify a massive bio attack on them. Why aren't we attacking other countries that export these products as well? It just doesn't add up.
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Enough value? The entire natural resources of a continent against the negligible cost of introducing a virus? All you have to do is sit back and wait.
Heh, I'm almost starting to believe this myself.