The USA used white phosphorus in Iraq.
It's nasty stuff.
Illegal to use as a "weapon" in war - it's for illumination.
So.
I mean, illegal. In war.
Fighting.
I'm sure that, while I'm holding my white phosphorus as I watch that guy over there kill my guy over here, my exact experience will be thus:
Me: They got Charlie!
Buddy: No, Erin! You can't! It's illegal!
Me: Oh, you're right. Duh, what was I thinking?
People are stupid.
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Obama, supporter of change, has chosen Rick Warren to invocate at his inauguration ceremony in January.
Rick Warren: Seems everything's about scraping votes nowadays. I'm curious how much Obama actually knows.
But, you know. Change clearly means hiring the minister who hates gays.
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Incidentally, the United States is being excluded from a summit in South America, on account of our government is made up of arrogant shitheads.
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