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eridani

(51,907 posts) Fri Aug 30, 2013, 02:52 AM Aug 2013

--when are they going to take action against the US military personnel who helped Saddam target Iranians with chemical weapons?

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If the PTB running the US military-industrial complex think that chemical weapons are so bad-- (Original Post) eridani Aug 2013 OP

. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #1

The US wasn't a party to the Chemical Weapons Convention until 1997. joshcryer Aug 2013 #3

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Fri Aug 30, 2013, 05:02 AM

Aug 2013

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2. That's what I been saying all along, the US is not the best example to be playing world policeman!

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 06:10 AM

Aug 2013

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3. The US wasn't a party to the Chemical Weapons Convention until 1997.

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 06:14 AM

Aug 2013

I would support retroactive prosecution but I suspect that would require a law in force for that to work.