Here's what Bouphonia had to say about it a week or so ago:
"Sometimes I wonder if a certain amount of the horror that ordinary weapons should inspire has been deflected onto chemical weapons and their ilk, as though the distinction between blowing people up and poisoning them constituted a clear and decisive line between civilization and barbarism. Chemical weapons, properly so called, are inherently of limited use on the battlefield; their real utility, perhaps, lies in their ability to make other forms of mass murder seem relatively acceptable."
Here's the link to his whole post: http://bouphonia.blogspot.com/2005/11/smokescreening.html
Thought you'd be interested in what he wrote about white phosphorous.
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Date: 2005-11-16 05:23 pm (UTC)"Sometimes I wonder if a certain amount of the horror that ordinary weapons should inspire has been deflected onto chemical weapons and their ilk, as though the distinction between blowing people up and poisoning them constituted a clear and decisive line between civilization and barbarism. Chemical weapons, properly so called, are inherently of limited use on the battlefield; their real utility, perhaps, lies in their ability to make other forms of mass murder seem relatively acceptable."
Here's the link to his whole post: http://bouphonia.blogspot.com/2005/11/smokescreening.html
Thought you'd be interested in what he wrote about white phosphorous.
Take care, Mike --
Kate (Broken Windows)