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People keep saying "Napalm was banned by United Nations convention in 1980, but the US never signed the agreement."
This is not true.
The use of napalm against non-military, civilian targets was banned. However, use of Napalm against military targets was NOT banned by the convention.
The position of the US is that they take great care to bomb only military targets. This is demonstrated repeatedly by its well known and unique practice of using precision guided munitions to destroy military targets near civilian positions with minimal casualties to civilians.
It is true that minimal does not equal none.
It is also true that when fighting insurgents, sometimes a military target may be individuals that are combatants but are also civilians.
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