Comments on: U.S. Denies Using White Phosphorus on Civilians

By: Andrew Milner

Andrew Milner — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 06:51:04 +0000

By commiting war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Bush administration is rapidly moving the US of A towards pariah nation status. And it's the ordinary US citizen that will take the flack; in Europe, Americans are already claiming to be Canadian. Don't do the crime if you can't wear the slime.

By: adam

adam — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:47:14 +0000

Yet the army itself says that they DID use white phosphorous: So did the embedded reporters, and from the descriptions in both places it is hard to believe civilians weren't hit (thought they may not have beeen targets)

By: bob bobberson

bob bobberson — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:05:46 +0000

I'm active duty military and this crap scares me to death. I don't know what the hell to belive any more. The more I read about stuff like this the more I get scared. The more I investigate the more I get angry. I used to be against the anthrax vaccine after all the hours of reading I've done(both pro and con), but that was before I realized a war with syria was inevitable and that they have the most developed biological and chemical weapons program in the middle east. I'm a rarity folks. Most people I serve with belive every inch or just don't care enough to read the news and ask important questions. Then again, I don't get paid to think, so I guess I'll just go back to my PS2 and 6pack. Kill em all.

By: just stopping by

just stopping by — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:51:25 +0000

legion, the Geneva Conventions do not ban use of WP. They ban use of incendiaries against civilian targets.
Fallujah was not a civilian target.

By: Elmo

Elmo — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:25:46 +0000

is a good sign that they were not used against civilians

I never for even the tiniest moment believed. There will always be deaths in war. Even those not actively fighting it. Whence war stops .... seems only a dream.

The collective beating down of that which is good, that which is right. By all and sundry, is troubling. Mistakes in combat have been, and will be made. But they are not to be confused with those we seek to send to Mo's valhalla.

The cultural and societal mores of those we battle, breathe no regard for the truth. I don't know why anyone would even bother?

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:46:29 +0000

Funny, how this lie shows up so quickly after the story of Jimmy Massey got shot down, isn't it? Almost like this is 'plan B'.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:43:11 +0000

The whole idea that there were any civilians in Fallujah is a myth. The whole place is filled with terrorists. Any civilians who were there were undoubtedly terrorist-lovers.

Anyone who criticizes US bombing of these places is all wrong. Ari Fleisher had it right--the Iraqis themselves could have saved everybody a whole lot of hassle with one bullet in Saadam's head. They weren't up to the task, but luckily for freedom's sake, GW wasn't going to let these terrorists threaten us any longer!

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:28:37 +0000

Not that I'm aware of. When I was a field artillery officer (1988-92), WP was being trained as I described it in this morning's post--as an obscuration tool first but also as an incendiary round.

By: legion

legion — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:17:58 +0000

I know we never signed on to the set of Geneva Conventions that banned this, but what are the current military regs regarding WP use? If it was used on live targets, civilian or otherwise, would that have actually broken any US laws?