Posted by so on May 20, 2005, at 0:45:41
In reply to Re: Geneva Gas Protocol, posted by TofuEmmy on March 15, 2005, at 10:20:30
> What I find interesting is the idea that if another country breaks the protocol, or has not signed it...and they use gas - then we can too. So a heinous act is peachy keen, as long we don't do it first. Wow. (After we use the gas, do we then say "Nyah, nyah!"?)
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> Doesn't this sound simlar to the US's continued support for the death penalty? One crime deserves another, eh?
Children died of cyanitic gas poisoning during a US government gas attack at Waco, Texas in 1993. Government officials blocked firefighters from entering the area with equipment that could have stopped the burning CS gas from creating cyanide gas. Even had not the flamable CS aerosol caught fire creating lethal cyanide gasses, quantities pumped into the contained area could have been fatal to any children who were not evacuated from the building. Officials claimed they initiated the attack to protect the children from abuse.It's probably beside the point, however. Geneva Conventions don't apply to domestic matters.
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