It is said that military leaders are perpetually fighting the previous war. The same can be said of the rainbow warriors, Greenpeace, whose recently released opening shot at nanotechnology is really a battle plan for the environmental activist group’s previous conflict against genetically modified foods. It’s clear that Greenpeace is choosing to ignore some important landscape differences between the old GM foods battlefield and the theater of operations in the coming war over nanotechnology. Go to the NanoBot for the second installment of Howard Lovy’s commentary. Other commentaries on the looming controversy over nanotechnology, including Part I: Nanotechnology industry takes Greenpeace’s bait, can be found at nanobot.blogspot.com