Correction regarding white phosphorus

During the discussion over the US miltiary's use of white phosphorus [WP] in the attack on Fallujah (which I addressed here), many bloggers initially referred to it as a chemical weapon. Some later corrected themselves stating that WP was an incendiary weapon, not a chemical weapon, though such distinctions were irrelevant to the civilian victims of this horror.

In fact, those corrections were unnecessary. White phosphorus IS a chemical weapon, according to the Pentagon.

Since the US military admitted to using WP in Fallujah and the same military considers it a chemical weapon, then one can fairly say that the US military used chemical weapons in Fallujah.

So what horrors were supposed to be brought to an end by 'regime change'?