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Mr. Luddite

On 4/9/2017 4:13 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/17 4:03 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/9/2017 3:55 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/9/17 3:30 PM, Tim wrote:
On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 1:44:16 PM UTC-5, 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.

You're gasping for air Harry.

Bull****. I'm aware of the history of the use of Agent Orange and other
substances used by the USA in the area of herbicidal warfare, and the
attempts, successful at the time, of the USA to keep Agent Orange from
being classified as a chemical or biological weapon. Millions and
millions of SE Asians were made ill by our use of Agent Orange.

The attempts of you and others here to state that our hands are clean in
use of chemical weapons is pathetic.

Nobody said their use was "clean" or that they were not misused.

Greg posed the question as to why
napalm and phosphorus were "legal" for use but sarin (a nerve gas) is
illegal. The legality or illegality is governed by international law.

That was the question that started this thread. You've taken it off in
another direction entirely, as usual.

Not at all. The point is that "we" are not the innocents in the use of
chemical weapons. We've used them, and knowingly. Their use is
horrific, no matter who uses them. Our hands are not clean.

Who the **** said they were? Geezus Harry, if you are going to play,
pay attention, will you?