US Engages in Chemical Warfare!

[LnGrrrR]

After all, gunpowder is a chemical... and the military uses it... so chemical warfare!

[Wild Cobra]

Ha. ha...

[greyforest]

here I added some content to your post:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/...in534798.shtml

[diego]

agent orange via Vietnam Veterans of America

There are a variety of means by which veterans could have been exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. Veterans may have taken part in the actual spraying which involved airplanes, helicopters, in Vietnam river boats, trucks or backpacks. They may also have been exposed to Agent Orange by consuming contaminated food or drinking water. Veterans could have been in areas while spraying occurred or in areas that were recently sprayed and areas that were sprayed and then burned. Burning increases by 25% the dioxin toxicity of the Agent Orange present. For those of us who served in the US armed forces in Vietnam during the war, it is the war that will not end. It is the war that, in our view, continues to claim its victims decades after the last shots were fired. It is the war of rainbow herbicides, Agents Orange, Blue, White, Purple, Green and Pink.

and that's the analysis from your side, Lngrrr. The vietnamese side of the story is far worse.

more info

short vietnamese article

List of current US chemical weapon stockpiles including brief history of US chemical weapons, via Federation of American Scientists

[spursncowboys]

We still use willie pete.

[Nbadan]

The newspaper says a review of a large tranche of government do ents reveals that the administrations of President Reagan and the first President Bush both authorized providing Iraq with intelligence and logistical support, and okayed the sale of dual use items — those with military and civilian applications — that included chemicals and germs, even anthrax and bubonic plague

This is why Dubya was convinced 'he had them!' Poppy Bush and Reagan gave it to him...too bad Saddam destroyed them after the first Gulf War...

[Nbadan]

After all, gunpowder is a chemical... and the military uses it... so chemical warfare!

Is this a joke? We used irradiated artillery s s in Iraq and now babies are being born stillborn and with birth defects....

[LnGrrrR]

Is this a joke? We used irradiated artillery s s in Iraq and now babies are being born stillborn and with birth defects....

Actually it was, directed towards Parker due to his other asinine thread.

[Winehole23]

Regardless, other posters do have a point. Your point being directed at Parker doesn't negate that.

[Winehole23]

Those who have been at the receiving end of "chemical warfare", or those who take exception to its instances, might not appreciate the humor.

[diego]

I didnt realize it was a response to the chemtrail thread... I thought maybe in the US media someone accused the US of chemical warfare and since I've read Lngrrr is military I assumed he was being defensive.

if its just to make fun of parker2112, carry on

[spursncowboys]

This is why Dubya was convinced 'he had them!' Poppy Bush and Reagan gave it to him...too bad Saddam destroyed them after the first Gulf War...

do you have proof that america sold the chemical weapons to saddam that he used on iran, shiites and kurds.

[Bartleby]

do you have proof that america sold the chemical weapons to saddam that he used on iran, shiites and kurds.

the materials used to make the poison gas used on the Kurds was purchased (illegally) from private U.S. companies, but it seems likely that people at the Pentagon knew about the deal, at the very least.

[spursncowboys]

Everywhere I looked had it coming from the soviets.

[MannyIsGod]

Those who have been at the receiving end of "chemical warfare", or those who take exception to its instances, might not appreciate the humor.

I doubt those people are reading Spurstalk.

[Wild Cobra]

Don't forget the Salt Peter that's put in some bottled water.

[Winehole23]

I doubt those people are reading Spurstalk.

Good point, but the touchiness seemed palpable enough to me at the beginning of the thread, and LnGrrrR's parry was plainly defensive in execution. As yet he's said nothing further.



(Starting a thread just to clown another poster is inherently risky, no matter how deserving the target.)

[Sec24Row7]

Is this a joke? We used irradiated artillery s s in Iraq and now babies are being born stillborn and with birth defects....

If they are still born with birth defects then I guess that's not as bad.

[LnGrrrR]

Good point, but the touchiness seemed palpable enough to me at the beginning of the thread, and LnGrrrR's parry was plainly defensive in execution. As yet he's said nothing further.



(Starting a thread just to clown another poster is inherently risky, no matter how deserving the target.)

Eh, I felt Parkers idiotic comment needed highlighting.

[Winehole23]

More than Parker's foolishness was highlighted. You trivialized a serious topic, whether you meant to or not.

Did we use DU in the war in Yugoslavia or Iraq? Willie pete? It ain't no joke.

[Wild Cobra]

Don't forget the Salt Peter that's put in some bottled water.

I'm surprised. No bites on this one?

I'm not joking!

[LnGrrrR]

More than Parker's foolishness was highlighted. You trivialized a serious topic, whether you meant to or not.

Did we use DU in the war in Yugoslavia or Iraq? Willie pete? It ain't no joke.

DU? Not familiar with that abbreviation.

And AFAIK, WP and napalm are both legal. (though not quite sure why...)

[spursncowboys]

wp i don't we are allowed to use as a weapon. just as an illum.

[LnGrrrR]

wp i don't we are allowed to use as a weapon. just as an illum.

Thanks for the clarification SnC.

[Winehole23]

DU? Not familiar with that abbreviation.

Depleted urunium rounds.