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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (96502)	4/26/2007 5:32:16 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Mustard Gas (Yperite) was first used by the German Army in September 1917. The most lethal of all the poisonous chemicals used during the war, it was almost odourless and took twelve hours to take effect. Yperite was so powerful that only small amounts had to be added to high explosive shells to be effective. Once in the soil, mustard gas remained active for several weeks. British soldiers blinded by mustard gas The skin of victims of mustard gas blistered, the eyes became very sore and they began to vomit. Mustard gas caused internal and external bleeding and attacked the bronchial tubes, stripping off the mucous membrane. This was extremely painful and most soldiers had to be strapped to their beds. It usually took a person four or five weeks to die of mustard gas poisoning. One nurse, Vera Brittain, wrote: "I wish those people who talk about going on with this war whatever it costs could see the soldiers suffering from mustard gas poisoning. Great mustard-coloured blisters, blind eyes, all sticky and stuck together, always fighting for breath, with voices a mere whisper, saying that their throats are closing and they know they will choke."

To: Brumar89 who wrote (96502)	4/26/2007 9:38:11 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Mustard gas is useless as a terrorist weapon so it's not a WMD in any real sense of the word. It is only useful for trench warfare such as Saddam was waging in the 80's against Iran. That's what it's left over from. It's also depleted and useless. There was no need to be concerned in the least about mustard gas. So Santorum and Hannity were lying saying it proved Saddam had WMD. And Bush-cheney were also lying saying that stockpiles of mustard gas posed an imminent threat.