On 4/9/17 3:45 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/9/2017 2:44 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/17 2:41 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/9/2017 12:09 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/17 11:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 07:36:04 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
So, what if next time Assad merely has his planes drop 25 barrel
bombs
on civilians, and kills a few hundred, including 50 "babies." What
will
Trump do? Not cry over the dead babies? Not send in 59 cruise
missiles?
Would those babies be less dead than the ones he cried over?
Why is this so hard for you to understand? Chemical weapons are
banned
by international law, period. Bombs, including barrel bombs are not.
Assad's use of them is horrible, killing innocent people and
babies is
horrible and he should be caught and tried as a war criminal but the
ordnance itself is not banned by international law.
It is an interesting dichotomy. Sarin and mustard is illegal but
napalm and white phosphorous is legal. For that matter nuclear weapons
are legal.
It makes you wonder.
When you are dead as a result of military action, you are dead. Does it
really matter what specifically was the weapon of choice? Oh, and we
used chemical weapons in Vietnam and who knows where else. Remember
Agent Orange?
Agent Orange is in the same category as napalm. It's not technically a
"weapon". Both are defoliants. Not saying they don't cause harm to
people. The difference between them and the purpose of nerve gas is
what makes the latter illegal according to international law.
Oh, I am sure the millions impacted by Agent Orange feel better about
their ailments because it isn't a chemical weapon. Sheesh.
Greg's question was why napalm and white phosphorus are not banned but
nerve gases like sarin are. Agent Orange is in the same category as
napalm ... a defoliant. We were not discussing the effects on people.
Sheesh.
Oh. Napalm is a defoliant. Right. Even Wikipedia knows what napalm is...
"Napalm is a flammable liquid used in warfare. It is a mixture of a
gelling agent and either gasoline (petrol) or a similar fuel. It was
initially used as an incendiary device against buildings and later
primarily as an anti-personnel weapon, as it sticks to skin and causes
severe burns when on fire. Napalm was developed in 1942 in a secret
laboratory at Harvard University, by a team led by chemist Louis Fieser.
Its first recorded use was in the European theatre of war during World
War II. It was used extensively by the US in incendiary attacks on
Japanese cities in World War II as well as during the Korean War and
Vietnam War."
You militarists are full of **** higher than your eyeballs.