This is a preposterous defense of white phosphorous (an allotrope of the element that spontaneously ignites in air). Of course it's a chemical weapon; it just burns you to death before the toxicity can kick in. What a shameful series of tweets. https://twitter.com/luke_j_obrien/status/986024841370394624 …
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depleted uranium is technically chemical, but you'll be shredded or lit on fire before the radioactive properties actually start to take effect
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the point here is that something like mustard gas is deliberately designed to kill you by atrocious means, whereas most rules of war do not permit that action.
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You could’ve gone the route of arguing that all weapons are bad. But you didn’t.
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