Godless Mom in the Bible Belt

Cheney met with big oil and shut out environmental groups while developing his energy policy, some of which has been passed into law. No surprise there, but now we've got proof.

The US government admitted to using White Phosphorous (a chemical that ignites when exposed to oxygen) against insurgents in the Fallujah battle last year. It says that civilians weren't targeted. I don't know if you've seen the post mortem photos of the victims of this weapon but it is unbelievably gruesome, the flesh is literally burned and melted off the skeleton while the clothing remains completely intact (Doug posted some of the photos on his blog, I'll put the link here but be warned, it is difficult to look at.) From what I understand it is a sent up in a missile where it explodes and the White Phosphorous is released. The chemical ignites and falls to the ground destroying any flesh it happens to touch. How in the world could you possibly know if that type of weapon is only going to hit insurgents? Sure, many folks had evacuated Fallujah prior to the offensive but (just like New Orleans) there were plenty of folks who couldn't or wouldn't leave. I'll spare you the full force of my soap-box righteous indignation, I think the situation and pictures speak for themselves.