I left the Army in 1979. At that time, depleted uranium was making its way into the armaments service-wide, and in the other services, too. It has very unique chemical characteristics as it has a combustion-like reaction even though it is technically inert. White Phosphorous has been used for eons as an illumination round, but is prohibited for use as an anti personnel weapon.
Not only are these substances in regular use, there is no way to go to war with a large number of fighting machines and weapons systems without using these substances. As our weapons are designed, there are no current substitutes available.
War is toxic and lethal. Lead bullets are poisonous, and most weapons of any type will generally leave a toxic residue. You may wish that they weren’t used in Kosovo, but it would have been impossible to use a wide variety of high-powered weaponry without using them. I’m not in favor of sending us into combat with both hands tied behind our backs.
Since they are in regular use by US forces, I don’t think we can make the argument that other forces should not have these materials, regardless of what “International Law” says. I think it is important to note that many nasty weapons are going to shady jihadis and the like, That some of the munitions use depleted uranium or white phosphorous is irrelevant to the issue at hand, which is arms trafficking to unsavory characters.
1979 was a long time ago. Things have changed considerably since.
DU is highly radioactive with radiation level proportionate to the trace level of DU in the composition.
Since 1979, DU bullets and projectiles are illegal in arms trade not because of their lethality but because of the contamination of battle areas.
DU materials are not indispensable. They were used in manufacturing as a means to draw down the stockpiling of DU materials accumulating from refueling nuclear reactor cores.
White Phosphorus or WP is illegal in arms trade as well. It sizzles and burns everything it touches or impacts. Using it is a war crime on level with sarin gas.
These materials are illegal in arms trade period. But that doesn’t stop monsters from trading in them. The point is the Clinton camp through the Clinton Global Initiative were the center hub of this illicit arms trade. Because the Clinton have criminally controlled the US Government over 3 decades, it is difficult to arrest any of their minions on war crimes charges even when those minions are not US citizens due to the boomerang it would cause to the United States.
The bottom line is the Clintons have changed the view of the United States in the eyes of the world and it’s not a good view. They have lowered the prestige of the United States and severely tarnished its reputation.
Webb will chase down all the rat lines associated with the Clintons, Awans, and all this in their circle. He will unearth all of them and will not stop until they are exposed. He will also stop the murder cycle of the Clinton mafia and he expects to take a bullet at some point. He has shown more courage and daring than the entire dumbass media combined. He is the new investigative journalist that will be talked about in journalism for years to come.