Australianlibertarian
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Ok lets put it in context. WP is a very effective weapon at clearly out enemy positions. Because the stuff is leathal and burns the crap out of its intended victim. Sure inncocent civilians could be hurt. But in same manner civilians could be hurt by fragmentation grenades.
The US military has not used nerve gas agents to kill enemies so I don't see what the fuss is about.
Really the media should be more worried why the U.S administration intially denied the use of WP as an incineratory weapon? When it is likely that 'shake and bake' is a common practice used by soldiers all over the world. Gunny Sgt, would know more.
Technically even a bullet is a chemical weapon, because the thing doesn't fly out a gun by magic.
I would state that a chemical weapon, is a weapon that kills its victim by interfering with the cellular function of the intended victim. So the enemy of target is not killed by trauma, as in the case of the a bullet, grenade, explosion, or burn, but rather a compound interfering with biological functions of the cell, or the metabolism of the target.
The US military has not used nerve gas agents to kill enemies so I don't see what the fuss is about.
Really the media should be more worried why the U.S administration intially denied the use of WP as an incineratory weapon? When it is likely that 'shake and bake' is a common practice used by soldiers all over the world. Gunny Sgt, would know more.
Technically even a bullet is a chemical weapon, because the thing doesn't fly out a gun by magic.
I would state that a chemical weapon, is a weapon that kills its victim by interfering with the cellular function of the intended victim. So the enemy of target is not killed by trauma, as in the case of the a bullet, grenade, explosion, or burn, but rather a compound interfering with biological functions of the cell, or the metabolism of the target.