• dumdum666
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    -342 years ago

    There is not a single sentence in that article that claims that white phosphorus is used as a weapon. It is used for smokescreens and to mark areas in a war.

    • @sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
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      232 years ago

      It isn’t supposed to be used in densely populated areas because its extremely dangerous. Even if it wasn’t intentionally used as a weapon (which it very obviously was), then its still not excusable because it still causes a lot of harm to civilians.

    • Kbin_space_program
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      172 years ago

      The issue is that it is not supposed to be used in populated areas because it can still encounter civilians.

    • @Riccosuave@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      How the fuck are you so god damn stupid that you either aren’t aware or don’t understand there are secondary effects to the use of White Phosphorus? Saying it isn’t being used primarily as a weapon is a sloppy justification for the use of chemical weapons by an organized military that is 1000% aware of the horrific effects of using White Phosphorous where there can obviously be spill over into civilian areas.

    • @FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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      72 years ago

      I could throw a granade right into the town square and tell the cops I was just trying to mark the area. You can choose to believe that I guess but it’s a pretty obvious lie since there are methods to mark things that are infinitely less deadly.