1. Did we ratify the CWC? 2. Wasn't Korea a 'police action?' 3. If we threw smelly french cheese at iraqis to disarm them, would that violate the CWC? I have no doubt that being hit in the face with smelly french cheese could, through a chemical action, incapacitate someone.
Isn't the "preventive" war we will be waging against Iraq a violation of the UN charter, that has our signature on it? Maybe Bush should stand up and say "Rules Do Not Apply" as long as I am president and we are at war.
Doesn't the military have these sound devices that can incapacitate people? Sound waves aren't chemical weapons and look legal by that treaty.
I was curious about those kinds of devices as well. I know that we possess them, but I didn't know about their effectiveness or legality or whatnot. Anyhow...I think any use of non-lethal weapons is a positive step to take in the area of warfare.
You guys haven't been paying attention to the Bush line - there's one set of rules for the rest of the world and there's another set of rules for us. Some animals are more equal than others...
I think even extreme liberals would have to admit: rimrocker's thread title and description before the article, even if "technically" accurate, are very glynch-like .... ie, misleading.
I can't believe how harsh this article is towards the American Gov. We joke about Anti-Americanism and the like but these people have just wrote an article on us wanting to use NON-LETHAL weapons and made it sound like we are Hitler incarnate. If this is what other nations are reading about us I can see how they can feel this way. My question is who is doing the most spinning, us or them? And yes the thread title is horesh*t.
Nah, I don't think he's checking this thread. Excellent! Okay, here's a recent test of the sonic weapon: ......(test subject at 500 meters)...
d'oh! edit: and the wheatgrass juice? How about the weekend in Pari-- uhhh, I mean, Barcelona? Gone like so much poison gas in the breeze.
LMAO! These promises have passed me by like so many new resolutions over the desks of French diplomats.
Actually, to prove that I'm not petty, I'll still buy you that beer and wheatgrass. Weekend in Barcelona, still off.
I'm glad you won't have to rename all those things with "B-Bob" in the name anyway. I don't what my deal with DMB is. I should quit vetoing him; it's not fair. I think it's just some of the women I've known, who can be so worshipful of that guy, that made me decide to veto any pre-emptive-DMB-ticket-purchase action. Ultimately, like France is jealous of the US, I suppose I am jealous of how DM can pull hotties.
What would you title the thread? Perhaps... "Rumsfeld Advocates Not-So-Bad Chemical Weapons That May Only Kill People Under Certain Circumstances But Still Violates A Treaty To Which We Are A Signatory?"
