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Splitting hairs way too finely

Raoul's choice of words was infelicitous, but that hardly invalidates his point. Napalm and its descendents are weapons of mass destruction.

And, napalm is a terror weapon.

It's no great way to die. The generals love napalm. It has a big psychological effect."


"It takes up an awful lot of medical resources. It creates horrible wounds."


Do I have to remind you that the September 11th hijackers in essence used gigantic Molotov cocktails--the direct conceptual ancestor of napalm--to kill 3000 Americans? They were terrorists; what, then, are we?

Can you actually take pride in the fact that US forces used napalm in Iraq?

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