Says the man who doesn’t tire of repeating the already debunked lie that AlQaeda In Iraq is the same AlQaeda that planned the 9/11 attacks. You fancy yourself the debunker, Exley, but you should clean up your act first.

When it comes to the White Phosphorus used in Iraq, first came the angry, furious denials from the White House and its minions that WP was ever used in Fallujah or anywhere else, until the revelations of the “shake and bake” missions were made public. Then the US claimed White Phosphorus had only been used for illumination. Then that it had been used against “enemy combatants” exclusively.

The spinmeisters have settled for their final line of defence: White Phosphorus is not an illegal weapon. The problem with that argument is that, if true, Hussein’s use of the same chemical against the Kurds was also legal -putting a dent in one of the rationales for the invasion.

Although BUsh supporters, like Exley, are perfectly happy to condemn the use of chemical weapons by anyone who is not the Bush administration because, you know, it’s ok if you are a Republican.

Comment by Exley

“It is against the law of land warfare to employ WP against personnel targets.”

That one’s going to leave a mark – on Exley’s already-red ass!

To condemn the use of WP in war is akin condemining the use of bullets.

Hmm…the U.S. Army seems to disagree with you, Exley…

From The Battle Book/ST 100-3, Chapter 5, Section 3:

Burster Type White phosphorus (WP M110A2) rounds burn with intense heat and emit dense white smoke. They may be used as the initial rounds in the smokescreen to rapidly create smoke or against material targets, such as Class V sites or logistic sites. It is against the law of land warfare to employ WP against personnel targets.

But then you will also know that the US didn’t sign up to that.

Same as the US didn’t sign up to the land mine ban efforts

Same as the US didn’t sign up to the small arms limitations efforts

…. need I go on?

“It was used as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants,” spokesman Lt Col Barry Venable told the BBC – though not against civilians, he said.

BBC defence correspondent Paul Wood says having to retract its denial is a public relations disaster for the US.

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Comment by Uncle John — September 14, 2007 @ 12:53 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Outstanding performance. Joke is pantsed.

Jake, a mind is a terrible thing to waste. It’s worse when the lives of our bravest are in the balance.

I hope I leave him guessing. But more, I hope it leads him to rethink his myopic unfactual beliefs. Maybe he would start questioning instead of blindly accepting what this adminstration has been attempting to feed us all.

TPM, I am now proudly on the list twice.

That’s impressive. I am jealous. :P

Who knows, maybe the next time someone asks Jake a question it might be me. It might not be me though. But it could.

I guess we’ll never know.

Geeez….now Shakey has to wonder whether of not a hitherto unknown poster asking him the difficult questions he so hates to answer is really a new arrival, or a “list-crasher”. ^_^

That’s cruel. (heh heh). I guess the lack of user registration here at TP cuts both ways, doesn’t it?

Who knows, maybe the next time someone asks Jake a question it might be me. It might not be me though. But it could.

I guess we’ll never know.

Care to still answer Jake. I was very curtious to you and waited patiently for your “answers”

I have yet to see an answer to the last one though.

Don’t you think the president should acknowledge that he has made numerous mistakes that have directly resulted in the needless deaths of civilians and our soldiers?

Anyone else NOT on the “Ignore List”?

Sorry, Shakey…waaaay too late for that dodge.

Thanks for playing.

Uncle John=Hellinabucket

That was fun.

I had my suspicions…suspicions that started with “Uncle John” showing up and asking Shakey questions while bending over backwards to give him the civility and respect he seems to so desperately crave.

Of course, “Uncle John” will be on The List â„¢ at this point, but it’s clear that Shakey cut and ran from “Uncle John”’s questions before/strong> his identity as hellinabucket was confirmed.

Nice job, hellinabucket. You ought to save this thread for future use. ^_^