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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
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Originally posted by Animal:
I'm sure the US must have a stash of Agent Orange left over from Vietnam. That stuff worked real well, just ask some Vietnam vets. Only problem is, it couldn't tell the difference between vegetation and skin. Actually, it's starting to sound a lot like a chemical weapon, but the US would never use a weapon like that. 
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No WoMD can't tell a difference between cow crap and caviar. Seems to me you'd want to be against their modern day usage for just that reason.
Now historically, the Europeans were more than happy to use Mustard Gas and anything else they could get their hands on in WWI, and the US used Agent Orange as recently as 30 years ago, but what EXACTLY does that have to do with today? What does that have to do with Iraq? Surely you aren't suggesting we did it then, so let them do it now?
Are we talking about the historical use of Agent Orange or Mustard Gas? No we aren't, but if you want to talk about the historical use maybe you could enlighten us on the world-wide usage of chemical/biological weapons throughout world history.
Then you could move on to tell us about the British, French, and Chinese stockpiles because I'm sure you wouldn't mention the 30 year old US usage JUST to be... sensational.
Surely you had a point related to Iraq and weren't just disparaging the good ole U.S. of A., or is disparaging the US a point in and of itself these days? 
[img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]I neither have the knowledge nor the time to discuss the complete historical usage of chemical/biological weapons, yet I find it odd that the US is admonishing Iraq for something that they themselves have done in the past. I suppose it's a case of those living in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones.