[Constitution Day]

Posted here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/958641/posts

[Ruth A.]

You can call it something other than napalm, but it's napalm...

No: it is very close to napalm; it can't get any closer than napalm; for all intents and purposes it is similar to napalm... The ways to speak more accurately are legion.

Hey, if it saved some of our guys being lost, then I have no problem. At least they didn't run a couple of jets into buildings that held thousands of civilians.

[ArcLight]

The worst part is the Pentagon's Orwellian effort to avoid calling the weapons by their right names. At the very least, this stuff sounds like Napalm Lite.

[pfflier]

"They were Iraqi soldiers there. It's no great way to die,"

Profound. What does he want. a kinder gentler way to die in war?

Maybe we could have fed the Iraqi troops through the shredder or to the lions.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

Dang, those pesky rules of engagement! Should have been politically correct and just used more of these babies!

[joanil]

Is that kind of like the 'jet fuel' napalm that was used to impale WTC Towers #1 North and #2 South????????????? Resulting in 2,000+ civilian casualties?????????????

If so, please excuse my inattendance from this thread.......

[CJ Wolf]

Whatever

[.cnI redruM]

The thing that really sucks about napalm; it sticks to the darn hot dogs and ruins your entire cookout.

[Chewbacca]

Basically they were dropping large Molotov Cocktails.

Cool.

[Straight Vermonter]

Just so we are all clear on this:

Myth: Americans bombed Trang Bang, Viet Nam, and burned Kim Phuc, the girl in the famous photo.

Fact: As stated by the photographer himself, Nick Ut, and clearly shown on film, the Viet Nam Air Force (VNAF) dropped the bombs that hurt Kim. This was witnessed and reported by UPI television correspondent Christopher Wain, and also reported at the time, by noted correspondent Peter Arnett. Other journalists who were not there, through assumption, sloppy work, or malice, have since reported that the attack was by US aircraft, and have further embellished the story with time. Most of the commercials for the recent A&E documentary, and indeed, the host on the broadcast, said that the documentary would show "the American commander who ordered the bombing". That statement is not true.

[Bobsat]

Although many human rights groups consider incendiary bombs to be inhumane....

I'm having trouble with the concept of a "humane" bomb....