White Phosphorus??

I don't know if you guys caught this in the news today - it was a little under the radar - but it turns out the United States military used chemical agents in the bombing of Iraqi cities earlier in the occupation. i don't want to just rant, i want to know what you guys think about this. i know i have silent readers, but i'm curious.

But, I guess if I get a right to your opinion you should have a right to mine.

there are those that will argue that the white phosphorus bombs were meant just to illuminate the skies like fancy acid flares, but we already know that these bombs have a precedent of being used to get people out of houses, caves, or anywhere else they might be hiding. Since this is the way these bombs have been being used in Iraq and Afghanistan, I think we can presume that this was part of the strategy. That being said, what were they thinking doing this in a city full of innocents/terrorists/insurgents. The argument that getting people out of buildings saved American lives by preventing too much urban warfare, but what about the political implications.

When US forces didn't find evidence of weapons of mass destruction or links to terrorists, it turned to the selling point of giving Iraqi's their freedom. I'm not arguing that any of these arguments is or isn't valid because I believe we're there to have a geopolitical presence in the region PERIOD, but...

if the argument for occupying Iraq is to liberate the country from someone that used chemical weapons against his own people, is it really a good PR move to rain flesh burning acid over an entire city??

While this looks bad, I'm sure the Bush administration will prevail. Off to read my book.

curtis