Quote Originally Posted by Watchman
You seem to be mucking around with technicalities again, Redleg. As if those were ever the point of the whole issue.
Not technicalities at all - but facts. Try it sometimes versus the hyperbole of calling soldiers mercs.

I'll give you that WP doesn't really rate as a chemical weapon in my books either, though.
and you would be correct

However, "unfortunately the United States Government has not explained the case as well as it should have" is a rather curious assessement given that they initially tried to deny the whole thing - a course of action notoriously likely to make the audience inherently hostile to begin with, and for good reasons. Besides, "it became necessary to destroy the village to defend it" looks pretty ridiculous whichever way you look at it...
You might want to go back and read what was stated by the State Department - they did far worse then attempt to deny it - however again the issue is not what happen in Fallujah - but what happen on the outskirts which all of you have missed but one. And that individual is Aurelan, who while I don't often agree with him - he at least has the ability to think beyond the far left rethoric.