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[sharp_stick]

1. August 30th

not just now.

Both sides in that shithole of a country are making me sick.

[greyl]

2. "just reported" ? That's from last Friday, Aug 30

edit: Plus, there are no "images of a Syrian Jet dropping Napalm".

[CJCRANE]

3. Check the date.

Six days ago doesn't qualify as "just" reported.

[busterbrown]

4. I was too upset... So does this change the situation or prove that I’m a lousy reporter..

[CJCRANE]

6. The moral of the story is: don't let your emotions jerk you around.

Posts like this are making everyone jittery...and annoyed when they realize they're being jerked around.

[busterbrown]

9. Besides the fact that this story is a couple of days old.. Does it change anything?

Please send a link proving that we are being “jerked around" by this story..

[CJCRANE]

10. Who do you want to bomb? What will it achieve? nt

[busterbrown]

17. So reporting a napalm like substance which was dropped on a school yard should not be reported?

By the way I did edit the original post...

[CJCRANE]

19. Well, it was reported. I never said it shouldn't be. It was just the breathless reporting style of

your OP that I objected to.

[busterbrown]

23. I guess because it was on top of the D.U. Latest Breaking Column.. I took it for granted......

Funny how it was taken down so quickly.

[CJCRANE]

24. Fair enough.

It just shows you need to take a minute sometimes to check the details before you react to something.

[delrem]

5. Syria deliberately napalmed a schoolyard to pave the way for soldiers to advance on incubators. nt

[phleshdef]

13. You know, its pretty damn disgusting to make snide remarks at the expense of real pain.

Look at the god damn video, this really DID happen and it ain't funny and it ain't a good place to inject smarmy sarcastic remarks.

[lumpy]

26. Another heartless post, the highth of nastiness.

[Sanity Claws]

7. Is napalm considered a WMD?

If so, the US should turn itself in for dropping the stuff during the Vietnam War.

[Isoldeblue]

11. One has nothing to do with the other

That was then. This is now. To progress from then to a more humanitarian stance now, is what we should all strive for.
We can't change what happened back then, no matter how horrendously evil. But we can decide to not do the same today and condemn what did happen.

[lumpy]

27. Hear hear Little we can do to correct the past .

[sharp_stick]

12. Nope not a WMD or illegal by international law

but banned by the UN for use on civilian areas/populations in 1980.

International law does not prohibit the use of napalm or other incendiaries against military targets,[21] but use against civilian populations was banned by the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in 1980.[22]

[99th_Monkey]

8. We can't trust The Guardian as a source anymore

haven't you heard?

Just ask the NSA Cheerleaders Brigade about that.

[phleshdef]

14. The Guardian was just echoeing original reporting by the BBC.

But yea I know what you were getting at. Is this really the appropriate place to sneak the NSA debate in though?

[boomer55]

15. okay I'm a little confused...wheres the jet image? n/t

[arcane1]

16. Unfortunately, that video could be of anything, anywhere, anytime

Not enough evidence in the video itself to confirm the Guardian's interpretation of it.

[busterbrown]

18. Perhaps I should delete post until more is known??

Seriously asking..

[arcane1]

22. It is something the Guardian reported, at least.

I say leave it up. That way, there is a reference in case additional details come out.

My $.02

[busterbrown]

25. Thanks for input..

My sense of urgency was predicated on the fact that the story first appeared in the “Latest Breaking”
section...I guess I learned a lesson..

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

20. This could be video of a U.S. drone strike

And regardless of what it is or when it was filmed, dropped more and more lethal bombs is only going to create more video opportunities.

It's like pouring gasoline on a fire.

[Bluenorthwest]

21. The pro bombing and war DUers hate the Guardian,

so you got a problem. The rest of us saw this story just under a week ago, that is already.