Here's a perfect example of why the Left can't be taken seriously. The latest "Bush lied, people died" rant is that the US used napalm in Iraq which a)is "internationally reviled" and b)was denied by US officials.

US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war

Mr Ingram said 30 MK77 firebombs were used by the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in the invasion of Iraq between 31 March and 2 April 2003. They were used against military targets "away from civilian targets", he said. This avoids breaching the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), which permits their use only against military targets.

Britain, which has no stockpiles of the weapons, ratified the convention, but the US did not.

First of all "firebomb" does not equal "napalm" although napalm is a firebomb. Criticism here goes to those managing the war for not admitting that MK77s are like napalm when asked if napalm was used, and to the Left for using the word "napalm" when they supposedly care about any firebombs which is more accurate but a less explosive word - pardon the pun.

Second there is no proof that MK77s were used either in large quantities or against civilians. If Iraqi troops were killed by MK77s I have no problem with that. Neither does the CCW (see above).

Third - it's pretty easy to ratify a treaty against using something when you don't have any to begin with. The worst that can happen is you use the banned item at a later date becuase the other had it and used it.

The US State Department website admitted in the run-up to the election that US forces had used MK77s in Iraq. Protests were made by MPs, but it was only this week that Mr Ingram confirmed the reports were true.

"Admitted" suggests that the State Dept denied using MK77s at all which is not at all clear here. Also the article states that information on the use of MK77s was made publicly available prior to the UK election and yet the claim is that the State Dept's own website wasn't credible!

In other words the real story is not that the US lied, but that the British Left was too disorganized to inform the public of these facts and the UK Defence Minister was ignorant about it altogether.

Surely there are greater war crimes by the US that the British Left can use to argue against getting their hands dirty with the Evil Empire. You know...summary executions, mass graves, amputations for stealing...oh wait, that's what we replaced.