tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post113172334584453219..comments2007-03-11T10:56:50.173-05:00mikevoteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010028700825655843noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post-1131857326063937522005-11-12T22:48:00.000-06:002005-11-12T22:48:00.000-06:00Hey Mike, thanks for that info...<BR/><BR/>I saw the quote from the Field Artillery magazine that you mentioned: "We used improved WP for screening missions when HC smoke would have been more effective and saved our WP for lethal missions."<BR/><BR/>WP is of course White Phosporous...<BR/><BR/>Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse....heh.reubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18402227484867008396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post-1131835789603187452005-11-12T16:49:00.000-06:002005-11-12T16:49:00.000-06:00Good point John.mikevoteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010028700825655843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post-1131835644411175452005-11-12T16:47:00.000-06:002005-11-12T16:47:00.000-06:00I'm not at all surprised, if you are in the field of battle and it is win at all costs and you have at your disposal such weapons then the line of thought will be to use them. Let's not forget the other important issue, these weapons were manufactured and suppied at the governemts request.Johnhttp://www.radicalglasgow.me.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post-1131745707463565972005-11-11T15:48:00.000-06:002005-11-11T15:48:00.000-06:00Michael, <BR/><BR/>I don't know if I find it surprising, but it kinda falls into that weird area that this decision was probably made by someone higher up. Kind like our exchange yesterday, I can fully understand somebody losing it and doing something questionable in the heat of the moment, but I would think this is the kind of thing that would be decided by somebody not right on the lines, and I have trouble imagining that. To make that decision as a cool, rational choice at a desk, when the legal question of it could be considered, just seems kindof surreal to me.<BR/><BR/>So, no I'm not too surprised when considering everything else, but in another way, yes I am.mikevoteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010028700825655843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post-1131738868786093962005-11-11T13:54:00.000-06:002005-11-11T13:54:00.000-06:00I enjoy your blog and have added a link to it on mine, which is called Covert History.garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13246004879145580911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902719.post-1131728964958726932005-11-11T11:09:00.000-06:002005-11-11T11:09:00.000-06:00do you find it surprising that they would use such things?michael the tubthumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230098214053507184noreply@blogger.com