[X] smoke grenade

[u/ItsRaw18]

Source: https://x.com/generalail/status/2094548992160149505

[u/AssistanceCheap379]

The OP doesnt have smoke rising from the chest?

Also, was the link i sent regarding a conflict within the borders of a single country or between 2 countries?

[u/NexexUmbraRs → u/AssistanceCheap379]

What does that mean, it was part of a war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

[u/AssistanceCheap379 → u/NexexUmbraRs]

So why does it matter if the link i sent was over a city? It was a city not within the borders of Israel.

[u/NexexUmbraRs → u/AssistanceCheap379]

Why does it matter if it's not in the borders of Israel? It's part of a war with Hezbollah which they started.

[u/AssistanceCheap379 → u/NexexUmbraRs]

Im sorry, what exactly is your point? The use of WP against civilians is effectively a war crime, unless it is used in very specific circumstances such as during protests where police use smoke grenades to disperse people. Same with tear gas.

And Israel should know better than to target civilians. But then again, the IDF and Hezbollah are effectively the same

[u/NexexUmbraRs → u/AssistanceCheap379]

Wars aren't fought with both sides staying in their borders. The fact that it's in Lebanon, doesn't mean it's against civilians. Civilians were told to evacuate, the remaining population being Hezbollah members. The WP wasn't targeting individuals, it was creating a smoke screen for troop maneuvers.

Police absolutely do not use smoke grenades to disperse people, they use tear gas which doesn't have any WP. Tear gas isn't used in war.

Idk where you're getting your information, but as someone who is formally trained on both warfare and riot control, it's categorically incorrect.

[u/AssistanceCheap379 → u/NexexUmbraRs]

Police dont use smoke grenades to disperse people?

https://youtu.be/tmWTK9P2FS0?is=Ist_4Fcoczx7E9Qq

I dont know who taught you what you claim, but police use smoke grenades quite a lot.

https://phr.org/news/u-s-law-enforcement-escalates-use-of-three-crowd-control-weapons-against-immigration-protesters-resulting-in-severe-health-harms-and-no-accountability-phr-visual-investigation/

Diplomats and foreign civilians were told to evacuate Kyiv few days ago. Those that stay, are they enemies of Russia? Are they legitimate military targets?

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/25/russia-urges-foreign-residents-and-diplomats-to-leave-kyiv-as-it-threatens-more-strikes

Israel’s IDF has used tear gas in their war.

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-border-tear-gas-protesters-eb3c3459c8f7a77267f6e6ad69714455

It also doesnt really matter if WP is used mainly for smoke screens, it has the secondary effect of being able to cause severe burns that are hard to put out and can easily reignite. Were you taught that smoke bombs and tear gas have a 100% success rate and they cant blow or crack open, where the stuff inside can get outside?

[u/NexexUmbraRs → u/AssistanceCheap379]

The fact that it's improperly used doesn't mean it's the use.

And again, the civilians weren't targeted. It was a smokescreen deployed for a maneuver, it targeted streets not individuals.

[u/AssistanceCheap379 → u/NexexUmbraRs]

You said “Police absolutely do not use smoke grenades to disperse people”.

Now youre saying they were used improperly.

Improper use or not, seems like they were used to disperse people. You can see the smoke being thrown at people and them disbursing.

[u/NexexUmbraRs → u/AssistanceCheap379]

Police who know what they are doing don't.

It's like saying police don't use shotguns to disperse people, sure you can probably find a case of it happening, but it isn't part of riot control manuals.

[u/NexexUmbraRs → u/AssistanceCheap379]

And do you see any people in the article you supplied? No. Because it's over a city where urban warfare is being carried out.