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To: tcrlaf

During WWII the USN had at least one shipful of mustard gas as part of the invasion for mainland Italy. It was intended for use against the Germans, should they have used gas first.

Since ISIS has chosen to deploy chemical weapons — retaliation with same is called for today.


5 posted on 08/21/2015 12:17:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

When the Germans attacked Bari, also known as “Little Pearl Harbor”, one of the ships they bombed carried mustard gas, and it killed a lot of allied troops.

That attack was kept secret for decades.


11 posted on 08/21/2015 12:24:11 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: BenLurkin

And that ship full of mustard gas was sunk in an Italian harbor by German bombers, causing US casualties.


17 posted on 08/21/2015 2:03:32 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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