Chekhov's Mistress
It’s No Great Way to Die
In a real – the dog ate my paper moment – a Pentagon spokesman denied having used Napalm in the Iraq war. Napalm is “thick, burning combination of polystyrene, gasoline and benzene, (which) was used against people and villages in Vietnam.” At the time that he was asked by reporters, he said that US stockpiles of Napalm were destroyed and they don’t keep it in their arsenal. What he didn’t say was that they now have a new and improved firebomb, which differs from Napalm in that it uses a kerosene-based jet fuel, that they did use in Iraq.
But Pentagon spokesmen were contradicted by officers in the field. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune Col. Randolph Alles said “We napalmed both those (bridge) approaches,” , commander of Marine Air Group 11, told the . “Unfortunately, there were people there because you could see them in the (cockpit) video. “They were Iraqi soldiers there. It’s no great way to die,” Alles added.
This is an unconscionable lie. That a US Military officer would split hairs on such a question is an insult to our intelligence and a greater insult to everyone in uniform. I wonder why he would lie like that?
Articles quoted:
Marine’s dropped devices similar to Napalm on Iraqi Troops, The Mercury News, Tues. Aug 5th, 2003
US admits it used Napalm on Iraqi Troops, The Independent, UK. Aug. 10th, 2003
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: August 13, 2003
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