Hunter, in an effort to prove true my comment that some of these folks can not be parodied, writes another post about White Phosphorus, AKA the ‘munition formerly known as a chemical weapon.’ More accurately, he is flailing away at me and others, claiming our entire collective response is, in reaction to the scurrilous charges …
And The Kos Walkback Begins In Earnest
No longer is WP a chemical weapon, it appears, nor is it illegal to use. Despite still not recognizing all of the legitimate military uses and still advancing additional flawed premises, the backtracking has begun. You can compare the language and assertions in previous posts made by Kos and Co. and this statement to admire …
Stupid Is As Stupid Blogs
No screaming eagle shit, Kos and Steven D.: US Army Admits Use of White Phosphorus as Weapon by Steven D Wed Nov 09, 2005 at 02:48:58 PM PDT (From the diaries. Let’s see them deny this shit now — kos) That’s right. Not from Al Jazheera, or Al Arabiya, but the US fucking Army, in …
More on Willy Pete
From the comments: Jason Says: I’m a combat veteran of Iraq. Mostly Ramadi. I’m an infantry officer. I have got to tell you guys that the knuckleheads who are tearing their hair out about WP being an illegal chemical weapon are some of the stupidest, most ill-informed, hysterical people on the planet right now. You …
Hope Like Hell This Isn’t True
Italian documentary alleges that US forces ‘used chemical weapons’ during assault on city of Fallujah In a documentary to be broadcast by RAI, the Italian state broadcaster, this morning, a former American soldier who fought at Fallujah says: “I heard the order to pay attention because they were going to use white phosphorus on Fallujah. …
War for Ukraine Day 550: Russia Bombards Ukraine Again
(Image by NEIVANMADE) A brief housekeeping note: I am watching the advisories and forecasts regarding Idalia. There’s still a lot of uncertainty in the forecast, but I expect we’ll all have a pretty good idea by early tomorrow afternoon where the storm is going to go. Given the uncertainty in the forecast, I cannot say …
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War For Ukraine Update 100: The War Grinds On In the East and the South
As usual, let’s start with President Zelenskyy’s address to Ukraine from earlier this evening. Video with subtitles below (apparently I’d somehow toggled them off while we were on involuntary hiatus…) followed by the English transcript after the jump.
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