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backscatter712

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9. Very true. There's plenty of brutality in "conventional weapons".

Mon Sep 2, 2013, 10:27 PM

Sep 2013

To be honest, I think we need to reexamine which weapons count as "WMDs" or otherwise would make you guilty of war crimes just for using them.

Hell, you could say that napalm, drone double-taps, white phosphorous, depleted uranium, land mines, cluster bombs, even basic machine guns could count as weapons that should get you taken to the Hague for war crimes.

Gas is hardly more barbaric than these "conventional" weapons.

And then we've got to answer the question: OK, everyone's demanding the U.S. should Do Something. Do what? Is blowing things and people up with cruise missiles going to improve the situation at all?

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I know that chemical and biological weapons are nasty and cruel... [View all] WCGreen Sep 2013 OP

If we bomb, innocent lives will be lost. In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #1

Nothing will change. Syrian people will die from our bombs and missiles Autumn Sep 2013 #2

We also need to think about what we're doing here at home: polichick Sep 2013 #3

There are no good choices here... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #4

Great post. Thanks. 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #5

the work on banning chemical weapons KT2000 Sep 2013 #6

I surely agree with you... WCGreen Sep 2013 #7

That's a good point treestar Sep 2013 #8

Very true. There's plenty of brutality in "conventional weapons". backscatter712 Sep 2013 #9

I believe the distinction is made in that they are utterly indiscriminate 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #10