No the US has signed no treaties banning the use of WP on civilians. Protocol III or IV of the Geneva Conventions specifically bans that sort of incindiary, but the US hasn't signed either.
larry On 11/21/05, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The user of chemical weapons story is BS. > > It was an Italian paper reporting on white phosphorous. > > It's crap. > > That's fire bombs and flares. No more no less. We have no treaties banning > it's use. > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:37 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: [politics] just look at the headlines > > > > > > a minor story?????????????????????????? > > > > My friend, I don't know what to say. Is it a minor story that Cheney > > wants to exempt the CIA from restrictions on torture? What about the > > use of chemical weapons in Fallujah, is that a minor story? When > > Saddam used chemical weapons, was that a minor story? > > > > My god Sam. Just when I was starting to wonder if you might not have a > > mind after all. > > > > Dana > > > > On 11/21/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I didn't hear Cheney call him a coward. The one congresswoman that did > > > was speaking for a marine, which was a terrible thing to do. Speak for > > > your self or have the Marine stand there and make his comment but to > > > call a hero a coward and say "well they're not my words" is shameful. > > > As for the other Republicans I think they just repeated what Murtha > > > said last year. Murtha said he's now changed his mind. They haven't. > > > Sounds fair to me. > > > > > > It did seem Murtha's main reason for changing his mind is because the > > > insurgent attacks are growing. He blames that on Abu Ghraib saying if > > > we can't win the hearts of the people we've lost the war. Abu Ghraib > > > was played to the max by the left leaning press and the anti-war > > > movement. Seems like the press is helping us lose. I'm not saying > > > ignore what happened but it was a minor story spun into a major abuse > > > story. > > > > > > > > > On 11/21/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > > > > > > Speaking of spin/anti-spin I had to, again, be appalled by Republicans > > > > this weekend, but it could've been Democrats too. > > > > > > > > You had Cheney, Hastert, and that new Ohio congresswoman call John > > > > Murtha a "coward". This is a Vietnam combat veteran with 2 purple > > > > hearts and a bronze star. > > > > > > > > And for what? To have a policy disagreement. > > > > > > > > Making policy depends on predicting the future which, of course, can't > > > > be done accurately. So the debate should include what-ifs, past > > > > experiences, and reasoned speculations. > > > > > > > > Instead, when Mr. Murtha brings forward a respectable strategy (backed > > > > up by former Reagan Nat'l Security Advisor Gen Odom) he is attacked > > > > personally. > > > > > > > > Any politician that has done that, or condoned that, should > > be impeached. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:183521 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
