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I won't argue the point of napalm being a WMD. I really don't think it fits the definition but I could be wrong. Aren't shotguns and soft rounds against the rules of war without being WMD? Was napalm on the list of things that Saddam couldn't have in his arsenal? Where is it written down that napalm is illegal and if it is illegal are other incendiaries illegal and if not why? It all sounds a bit ridiculous when people (especially peaceniks) start arguing over what ways to kill are okay and which are not.

I will argue against the pitiful comparison of us dropping bombs, of any sort, on a bridge and in doing so killing x number of military personnel and terrorists killing 3000 innocent civilians. If we were to ever sink to the moral equivalence of our enemies this war on terrorism would be over in no time and there would be about a billion fewer people on this planet.

I take no pride in any act of war nor do I feel any national shame for killing enemy soldiers whether it is with napalm or whatever bombs aren't napalm. I do take some pride in the efforts that we make to avoid civilian casualties. I would think that even those that opposed the war would at least recognize and be glad of that.

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