"Agent Orange was a glorified weed killer"
And I assume the human beings, including the children referered to are merely to be regarded as 'weeds'?
"In the main hospital in Tay Ninh, a quarter of all births are miscarriages... Hydrocephalus, or water on the brain, is thought to be one of the many malformations attributable to Agent Orange. At the Tu Do Hospital, doctors need to perform some 100 operations a year on hydrocephalic babies."
"Since the dumping on Vietnam of some 11 million gallons of Agent Orange there has been a huge increase in the frequency of genetic malfunctions. Children have been born without eyes, with twisted, mangled limbs, even without brains. In the main hospital in Tay Ninh, a quarter of all births are miscarriages."
Similarly, you have both presented white phosphorus as only being used for illumination - you've have both said it enough for me to believe that it is your opinion and neither of you have ever retracted it.
In the end, it really doesn't matter whether they are chemical or not, they are horrendous weapons, especially when used against civilians, as they have been regularly and consistently, and they are indicative of how the US has conducted warfare for at least half a century.
"enough bovine manure"
If what we are saying is wrong, please tell us that the US doesn't and has never behaved as described, has never used white phosphorus, napalm.... et al on civilians, does not arrest suspects without charge, hold them in concentration camp conditions and ship them off around the world to be tortured - otherwise you are supporting what is being done in your name. None of the Americans I know would give their/your government such permisssion to act as they have done and are still doing.
Jim Carroll