Sunday January 11, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

The Times of London broke the story which then ran on Al Jazeera:
Israel was using WHITE PHOSPHORUS in Gaza.

The assumption is that Israel is using a chemical war agent and will be condemned world over for that action.
The probability is that Israel is using Willy Pete as it is more commonly known by soldiers.

Willy Pete, which is widely used in many forms is not illegal by any treaty nor is it one any list of chemical weapons.
It does however smell like garlic and that could be offensive.
Most importantly, Willy Pete acts as a smokescreen, it hides movements and operations, it permits Israeli teams to get into position without being seen.

Willy Pete was first used in WWI by the British and then used very often in WWII. The US uses and actually, the battle in Fallujah went so well because of Willy Pete. Israel used it in Lebanon against Hezbollah and seems to be using it now against Hamas.

The cover of a smoke screen saves lives.
It saves the lives of Israeli soldiers and saves the lives of civilian non-combatant residents in Gaza.

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