chemical weapons in Iraq

Chemical weapons
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4440664.stm
Its sad, extremely sad. The United States the most powerful nation the world has ever seen has been caught using chemical weapons against a people that it was supposedly liberating. Of course we had not signed the treaty not to use the particular chemical weapon, white phosphorus, against civilians. This weapon is used as an incendiary, it burns the flesh of its victims. We used it in Falluja, which of course was a stronghold for the people fighting for their homeland. This is a despicable act but what truly made me sad was when I realized that the only part of the story that surprised me was when I heard that the Bush administration actually admitted to it. How low have we fallen when the only thing left that shocks us is when our leaders Don't lie to us, or lie but then admit to the crime shortly after, of course claiming they didn’t lie they were just misinformed. Why are our top official ALWAYS misinformed? are the people below them that incompetent? if everyone below you is incompetent then you should probably look at who’s doing the hiring, and fire them. If the lower level are competent then there is only a couple of options left, they don’t want to know the truth, which may be criminal in the case of war, or that they are just plain lying, which IS criminal.