I'm behind all that 100%, Bruce. All those reasons are why I'm objecting to people who are trying to say it wasn't a chemical weapon. It may not have been illegal to use and whether or not it was wise to use it is a different argument all together. I'm just saying that to pretend that it wasn't meant as a chemical weapon is rather disingenuous.
Cheers, Judah On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > The US Government has a habit of trying things out in combat. Agent Orange > being one of them. As recent as Desert Storm, we were told that we had to > take some pills that were supposed to counteract or at best water down the > effects of chemical and biological weapons had they been used by Iraq. AND we > were forced to sign a waiver absolving the government of any responsibility > for side effects which at the time were not known. That and the use of > depleted uranium rounds in our Main Battle Tanks were unfortunate aspects of > modern warfare. Even today new things are tried out in war to see how they > work. Good time to be in the defense business for sure. > > Anyway, lets put this agent orange thing into perspective: > > Agent Orange was used as a defoliant to; > 1. remove leaves from trees thus denying the enemy cover to fight effectively > 2. To deny villagers of crops thus forcing them to the US controlled areas > and denying the enemy rural bases for which to rest and resupply with food. > > Agent Orange had been around since the 1940's so yeah, I am sure that the > effects on humans were known to at least a certain extent, however it was > never declared an illegal means of fighting according the the Law of Armed > Conflict, so it was used, simple as that. And lets not forget that the US was > not the only country to use chemicals. Many other countries have used and > continue to use chemical and biological weapons. Personally I am all for any > means in which we can use to win, because as Patton said, America loves a > winner. America does not tolerate losers. (I am paraphrasing of course) > I for one like to be a winner. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
