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BGBD

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32. WP is generally legal to use

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 11:58 AM

Mar 2022

Unless it's being used to burn down villages or something.

This pictures doesn't show much but doesn't seem to be what's happening.

This isn't a game changer in terms of posture. Unless they start dropping VX or something.

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⚡️ Russia uses white phosphorus bombs in Hostomel and Irpin. [View all] Donkees Mar 2022 OP

Photo: Donkees Mar 2022 #1

Rain from Hell. calimary Mar 2022 #19

Add it to the list COL Mustard Mar 2022 #2

Strap your self up fellow ENTS.. if this is true, we are going to war... Peacetrain Mar 2022 #3

How do you figure? ColinC Mar 2022 #4

I don't think they would Buckeyeblue Mar 2022 #5

If you are so excited to be sent to war sarisataka Mar 2022 #7

That is desertion. I am not a deserter ColinC Mar 2022 #9

So you are currently active duty? nt sarisataka Mar 2022 #10

Si ColinC Mar 2022 #11

Which branch are you with and how long sarisataka Mar 2022 #12

Too many details. ColinC Mar 2022 #13

So your solution is in sight sarisataka Mar 2022 #15

Just a t shirt??? ColinC Mar 2022 #16

I was USMC sarisataka Mar 2022 #17

I don't think White Phosphorus is considered a "chemical attack", but it is a war crime Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #14

Why would we go to war over use of a weapon sarisataka Mar 2022 #6

Quite so. WP isn't exactly nerve gas in terms of the political fallout from its use. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #8

+1, uponit7771 Mar 2022 #18

Well we should maybe give him Poland 48656c6c6f20 Mar 2022 #20

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Mar 2022 #21

I'd consider it a chemical weapon........ KS Toronado Mar 2022 #22

Use chemicals to murder civilians to liberate them from Nazis IronLionZion Mar 2022 #23

White phosphorous Traildogbob Mar 2022 #24

White phosphorus was considered legal when US forces used them in Falluja: Gaugamela Mar 2022 #25

Link ? left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 #26

Right here malaise Mar 2022 #29

that link is for Iraq left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 #33

Here's the correct ink left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 #35

Israel did some 2008-09 war in Gaza. Pics abound on BBC, Al Jazeera. The world turned a blind eye childfreebychoice Mar 2022 #27

Now where did Putin get that idea - oh wait! malaise Mar 2022 #28

White phosphorus is great for killing ducks too! Submariner Mar 2022 #30

saw that coming. Shit. librechik Mar 2022 #31

WP is generally legal to use BGBD Mar 2022 #32

Here's the link left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 #34