Colin Powell

[Justin Schwartz]

Before the war started
>there were press accounts of a terrifying, inhumane weapon the Iraqis might 
>use. I forget the name but it entailed spraying a fine, flammable mist over 
>a wide area, then igniting it, creating a huge fireball. Of course, it was 
>the U.S. that used this weapon.

Fuel-Air Explosive. Nasty, evil shit. Did the US use it in the Gulf War? I 
wasn't aware of that.


> > Regarding Powell and My Lai, I have to wonder if this > indictment 
>satisfies the needs of some, present company > excluded, for some kind of 
>veiled political attack on veterans > who served in Viet Nam, or veterans 
>in general.

Does this refer to the ridiculous and unfounded myth that Vietnam vets were 
spit upon, called baby killers and the like, by antiwar activists? There is 
no rel;iable ervidence that this ever happened anywhere. The antiwar 
movement was pretty clear that the vets were not the problem, and there was 
good antiwar activism by vest that movement organizers outside the military 
supported. The only people whoo spit on vets are in the US Government, which 
regularly cuts off vets' benefits, gives them substandard treament in the VA 
hospitals, and generally treats the men and women who served their country 
like garbage. --jks
>
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