Will The Yanks Bomb Iran Next?
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The USA had a nice time with Napalm and other Chemical weapons,including:
Agent Orang was one of the many defolients used during the Vietnam War. A defolient is a herbicide used to clear away brush and and other plants that may be blocking paths or that may be concealing the enemy. Among the other defolients used in the Vietnam War there were:
Agent Purple
Agent White
Agent Blue
Agent Pink
Agent Green The defolients were named for the colors of the barrels that they were shipped. Different color barrels had to be used in order to seperate potentially harmful chemicals from mixing together. However Agent Orange was, by far, the most used of all the defolients. The U. S. used 11.22 million gallons of Agent Orange in the Vietnam war.
There has been alot of contreversy surrounding Agent Orange. It has aroused many questions about whether or not it was harmful to many of the Veterens who served in the Vietnam War.The Agent Orange used in Vietnam was found to be contaminated with a dioxin called TCDD. In labratory tests TCDD caused many fatal diseases in labrotory animals. However there are many problems with determining whether or not a Veteren's exposure to Agent Orange resulted in any harm to that person. For more information on the subject try these websites
Agent Orang was one of the many defolients used during the Vietnam War. A defolient is a herbicide used to clear away brush and and other plants that may be blocking paths or that may be concealing the enemy. Among the other defolients used in the Vietnam War there were:
Agent Purple
Agent White
Agent Blue
Agent Pink
Agent Green The defolients were named for the colors of the barrels that they were shipped. Different color barrels had to be used in order to seperate potentially harmful chemicals from mixing together. However Agent Orange was, by far, the most used of all the defolients. The U. S. used 11.22 million gallons of Agent Orange in the Vietnam war.
There has been alot of contreversy surrounding Agent Orange. It has aroused many questions about whether or not it was harmful to many of the Veterens who served in the Vietnam War.The Agent Orange used in Vietnam was found to be contaminated with a dioxin called TCDD. In labratory tests TCDD caused many fatal diseases in labrotory animals. However there are many problems with determining whether or not a Veteren's exposure to Agent Orange resulted in any harm to that person. For more information on the subject try these websites
Desert Orchid
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Silly me, I thought they were characters in the USA version of Cluedo :huh:
BrianH
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Tell that to those who were covered in it
simmo
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I was anticipating rather more tumultuous events on that day than some simple modern imperialism.
Back No.6 in The Derby, back all at 6-1 and 66-1, any 16 h.h. horses, and you should cover the bases pretty well.
Agent Orange was used extensively along the Mekong River and its delta, to defoliate trees and shrubs, and thus kill off snipers' hiding places along the river's banks. One of the US brass authorizing its use was Admiral Zumwalt, whose young son served on one of the river patrol boats. His son, married with kids, got cancer pretty quickly after he returned to the USA, and died. Zumwalt blamed Agent Orange, though mostly himself. There are currently significant hot spots of cancer sufferers in Viet Nam today, and babies were born after the war with unusual birth defects. Many went on to develop childhood cancers, unknown in Viet Nam prior to its extensive and prolonged attack by chemicals.
Many visiting GIs who served in the war go back to help fund oncology treatment for these people. Most said that although they'd heard that some GIs had been stricken by various cancers, particularly lung and throat cancers, this was rebutted by the US Dept. of Health, the military, and GIs' widows were not given their husbands' war pensions, since the military said that it wasn't proven that exposure to Agent Orange had caused the cancers.
When the tourist GIs went on sentimental journeys to see their old battlegrounds, they were shocked to see wards full of both older and very young Vietnamese suffering with various cancers. Being able to put the 2 and 2 together that their own country refused to do, a lot of pressure groups started up to lobby for acknowledgment that Orange was a carcinogen, and very slowly and reluctantly that has now been agreed. The GIs felt that they'd been used badly by their masters, who'd knowingly and recklessly exposed them for prolonged periods to harmful chemicals.
Agent Orange was used extensively along the Mekong River and its delta, to defoliate trees and shrubs, and thus kill off snipers' hiding places along the river's banks. One of the US brass authorizing its use was Admiral Zumwalt, whose young son served on one of the river patrol boats. His son, married with kids, got cancer pretty quickly after he returned to the USA, and died. Zumwalt blamed Agent Orange, though mostly himself. There are currently significant hot spots of cancer sufferers in Viet Nam today, and babies were born after the war with unusual birth defects. Many went on to develop childhood cancers, unknown in Viet Nam prior to its extensive and prolonged attack by chemicals.
Many visiting GIs who served in the war go back to help fund oncology treatment for these people. Most said that although they'd heard that some GIs had been stricken by various cancers, particularly lung and throat cancers, this was rebutted by the US Dept. of Health, the military, and GIs' widows were not given their husbands' war pensions, since the military said that it wasn't proven that exposure to Agent Orange had caused the cancers.
When the tourist GIs went on sentimental journeys to see their old battlegrounds, they were shocked to see wards full of both older and very young Vietnamese suffering with various cancers. Being able to put the 2 and 2 together that their own country refused to do, a lot of pressure groups started up to lobby for acknowledgment that Orange was a carcinogen, and very slowly and reluctantly that has now been agreed. The GIs felt that they'd been used badly by their masters, who'd knowingly and recklessly exposed them for prolonged periods to harmful chemicals.
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Ardross
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Oh dear Nostradamus has joined the forum after watching The Omen
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About what? That's a pretty ambiguous comment, n'est-ce pas? "It" refers to what? And "the Devil" refers to whom exactly? What will you be claiming credit for being correct on, for the sake of clarity?
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Louise,
a lecture.
a lecture.
BrianH
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Ardross is mean, but I will give you £10,000 if the USA bombs Iran on 6th June this year or if the devil turns up on that day. Two conditions:
(1) I will not accept that either have happened unless they are reported on the BBC or Channel 4.
(2) You have to give me a fiver if they don't happen.
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Ardross
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Brian I assume you mean Iran not Iraq . The chances of them bombing somewhere in Iraq on 6th June are quite strong
BrianH
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Inded I do - and have amended it accordingly. I would, of course, have claimed palpable error...
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Ardross
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I think that you are palpably right