Posted on 05/15/2015 7:02:59 AM PDT by McGruff
Widespread reports of chlorine gas attacks in Syria have not been prevented - or acted upon - because chlorine is not "historically" considered a chemical weapon, US President Barack Obama stated Thursday.
Obama was forced to answer the chlorine question during a press conference from a summit at Camp David with leaders of the Gulf states. Syria and Iran were key issues at the conference.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
That’s what happens when your primary education is based on the Koran.
You are not allowed to remember that ... because it conflicts with the idiotic statements of our ‘President’ :)
Since in the eyes of Obama and his followers, history is irrelevant and all that matters started in 2008...or maybe 2001 when evilBushHitler destroyed America...this is a true fact.
“Chemical weapons in World War I were primarily used to demoralize, injure, and kill entrenched defenders, against whom the indiscriminate and generally slow-moving or static nature of gas clouds would be most effective. The types of weapons employed ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas and the severe mustard gas, to lethal agents like phosgene and chlorine. This chemical warfare was a major component of the first global war and first total war of the 20th century.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I
How about we have him walk through a cloud of chlorine gas and then ask him how he feels about it not being “historical” enough.
Oh, only if it's a good excuse for him to attack conservatives and Christians...you know, like bringing up the Crusades as an explanation for modern-day Islamic terrorism.
I did a report on this decades ago when I was in 7th grade. How clueless is this moron?
I wouldn’t expect this fool to know any history.
Except you know, it was the FIRST one.
Putz
What’s the bag over the horses’ mouths and noses?
I guess The Won is not a student of history unless it’s Islamic.....................
whoops, my mistake posting without my bi-focals.
However, the nose bags do nothing to prevent chlorine gas from burning eyes.
“He’s lying. Chlorine was the first lethal chemical agent used by Germany in WWI.”.........
And he thinks WE are the stupid ones. Worse, he is the leader of this nation. When you don’t grow up learning history, you shouldn’t be making stupid statements like odumbo did unless, like the quote above states, “He’s lying” (again).
His red line is anything that attacks islam.
EVERYTHING obama does either:
a) Weakens America/AmericansThere are NO counter examples.
b) Distances America's allies
c) Strengthens America's enemies
d) Serves Islam
e) Harms Israel
Or some combination of the above.
Stuff like that is not covered in the sports section of the newspaper.
I guess the First World War never happened, Chlorine gas was first introduced as a weapon on April 22, 1915, at Ypres by the German Army, but its value as an effective tool was hampered by the fact that it blew back across the lines and affected the Germans as badly as it did the French, as the Germans had trouble donning their gas masks quickly enough.
Chlorine is pretty much a two-edged sword. It is the third-most corrosive element in the Universe, behind only fluorine and - oxygen. Chlorine does most of its damage not directly, but by wrenching the hydrogen off a water molecule, forming nascent oxygen, a HIGHLY reactive form that is ozone on steroids, and that is what does the destruction. The hydrogen chloride gas formed in the process is just secondary, and once in water solution, becomes a very strong mineral acid.
True, but the primary action of chlorine and phosgene was against the lungs. Mustard changed the problem dramatically, as it attacks any exposed tissue.
I wonder when he’s going to execute a member of his administration for falling asleep in a meeting?
Is it an after shave?
I still remember my CBR training from the military.
Chemical
Biological
Radiological
The military considered Chlorine it to be chemical.
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