>Perhaps it would have been more accurate to say 'his own citizens' as that does not mean the same thing as his 'own people.'

Agreed.

>Come on Chris. This may be one of the best countries in the world, but no country or government is perfect. We have to own up to our own faults and mistakes and then not repeat them (hopefully). Too many have said 'that would never happen in our country' just as the Germans did in the 30's and 40's. That attitude left Hitler in power for too long.

I agree that no country is perfect, and think I expressed this idea in a previous post on the upcoming war with Iraq. However, the report by CNN and Time about the use of nerve gas by US troops seems to be fabricated, and I don't think the rest of the world classifies napalm as a chemical weapon. Is that not true?