Pentagon Document Described White Phosphorus As Chemical Weapon

Back on the White Phosphorus issue, Think Progess has found a declassified Pentagon document that Described White Phosphorus As Chemical Weapon. It was from 1995 and says that Saddam Hussein might have used "White Phosphorous (WP) chemical weapons against Kurdish rebels."

Pentagon spokesmen admitted that white phosphorus had been used directly against Iraqi insurgents. "It's perfectly legitimate to use this stuff against enemy combatants," Colonel Venable said Friday.

Get it? If Saddam uses WP it's a chemical weapon, if the US uses it, it's not.