Hey, I like hearing the Euro point of view on world events. It alerts me to stuff that the normal US news media either overlooks or spins one way or another. I'm no big fan of this war, either in the way it was sold to us or in the way it was prosecuted (on the cheap).

But calling the use of WP munitions in Fallujah chemical warfare is just anti-American ranting. It is not chemical warfare, these are incendiary munitions. War is not nice, it wasn't in ancient times and it isn't now. Severed limbs, burnt bodies, civilian deaths, etc. are nothing new, and will always be the case.

Bringing up Bosnia was a bit off-topic (and quite the master-stroke ), but he was trying to make a point about how certain countries shouldn't assume a moral superiority over the US. I'm not saying we aren't wrong in a lot of cases here in Iraq, but he who is without sin, yada, yada, yada. Some day your countrymen may be involved in a conflict like this, and when push comes to shove, your military will use "distasteful" tactics, because every soldier and commander will prefer to lose fewer troops if possible, regardless of what the politicos say. The insurgency will not be beaten by adhering to the Marquis of Queensberry rules.

This thread seemed to have gotten past the WP hysteria, and into more plausible issues, such as the refugee males. I'm hoping this continues.