Friday, November 11, 2005
An incendiary story
UPDATE: Do not miss Jeff Goldstein's deconstruction of the Fallujah story.
UPDATE: Fabio has more.
2 Comments:
By 
Gordon Smith, at
Fri Nov 11, 09:06:00 AM:
The only problem is that there are reports of civilians with their skin melted. Women, children, non-combatants who have the misfortune of living in Faluujah, a town we have to take and retake from insurgents, were exposed to it.
I think I'm not legalistic to determine whether WP's use is legal, but I know it's folly to use it in a country we invaded because they purportedly planned to use WMD on us.
We've got to stop employing tactics that fuel recruitment for our enemies. White Phosphorous, like torture, is another loss in the war of ideas.
By 
, at
Fri Nov 11, 11:58:00 AM:
hooli,
WP is primarily a screening agent. WP DOES NOT melt skin, it burns clear through it. WP DOES NOT create poison gas, or our soldiers would not use it to create smoke screen they then run through.
Yes, WP BURNS, just like thermite and other incindiaries, hot enough to melt light steel and iron. Don't you think if it can burn through steel, that it JUST MIGHT be able to burn through fabric?
You've been had, hoolie.
Hook.
Line.
Sinker.
