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Ummm.... No we weren't. I don't know where your getting your facts but, you are way off on this one.
Well, think about it. We know for a fact the U.S. military did horrific shit over there already -- killed over a million people, used white phosphorus in Fallujah, and the whole war was based on a mountain of blatant fucking lies and waged with the sole intention of letting the rich steal Iraq's oil, right?
Think about how conquering militaries behave under circumstances like that. The things they have to do to keep the people they're conquering subjugated. And the things we have known other countries to do in similar circumstances.
Is it really too far off in your mind to think our troops wouldn't either do or be ordered to do something like that? Especially given the whole charade was orchestrated by evil people in the first place?
Your linked article says white phosphorous is a conventional weapon and isn’t banned or outlawed. War sucks, but this isn’t really a good argument for such an outrageous thought. Isn’t it easier to think war alone is enough to trigger PTSD? People suffer from PTSD from events significantly less traumatic events than war regularly.