What is White Phosphorus?

What is White Phosphorus?

“It was back in 1950, during the Korean War, when Americans were first accused of using chemical warfare against enemies in violation of treaties. For good measure, the communist enemy back then also accused us of using biological warfare. Of course, neither was used - but the slander was made, and has been endlessly repeated over the past 55 years every time American has gone into battle. The latest wrinkle in this slander is the accusation that in the use of white phosphorus explosives, we are engaging in chemical warfare - with the late battle of Fallujah held up as the horror story, with leftists claiming that our weapons "melted the skin" off noncombatants, including children. Evil, horrible America.
When I first heard this story, I was amused - white phosphorus not being in any way, shape or form a chemical weapon…”

Posted by Mark Noonan at November 13, 2005 06:33 AM

http://www.blogsforbush.com/mt/archives/005957.html

This is a little piece of news I plucked off the 'Blogs for Bush' web site. If you wonder how in the world the right wing Sheeple can believe what they believe, just read of few of these gems.

This one, in particular, caught my attention. This goon claims that White Phosphorus is NOT a chemical weapon.

White Phosphorus is not a chemical weapon?

This is the type of bullshit republicans read and listen to. Anyone who believes White Phosphorus is not a chemical weapon has never seen ‘willie peter’ in action. I have. The effects of this highly corrosive stuff are spectacular in its cruelty. It literally will melt the flesh of a human being. Place a WP grenade on an engine block and it will melt completely through it. I saw soldiers get hit with WP in Vietnam. They were in absolute agony. The Medic would dunk their arms or legs under water and that would stop the burning, but when the limb was taken out of the water, the WP just re-ignited. It was horrible.

WP is an insanely vicious killer in a pantheon of insanely vicious war toys.

The Mark Noonan who wrote the above article is a liar and a republican….oh wait, those are the same thing. Noonan could never have served in a war where WP was used and profess such extreme ignorance. But this is typical of the right; they have become a radical splinter element of American Politics that has captured far more power than real public support. They lead, not with wisdom and truth, but with manipulations of the press and all news media.

This blog is typical of the lies and distortions of the republican party and its ilk.