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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSelective ‘obscenity’ : US checkered record on chemical weapons.
The US charge against Syria is being driven by Damascus alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians. While Washington is quick to intervene on moral grounds, its own checkered past regarding WMDs may put the worlds policeman under the spotlight.
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From 1962 to 1971, the US military sprayed an estimated 20 million gallons of defoliants and herbicides over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in a bid to deprive the Vietcong of food and cover.
The Vietnamese government estimates that 400,000 people were killed or maimed and 500,000 children born with birth defects as a result of the so-called 'rainbow herbicides.'
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All of the genetic damage effects that we see in Iraq, in my opinion, were caused by
depleted uranium weapons. And also [non]-depleted uranium weapons of a new type. And these are really terrible weapons. These are weapons whic have absolutely destroyed the genetic integrity of the population of Iraq, he said.
The people of Fallujah, where some of the most intense fighting during the Iraq war took place, have since suffered a veritable health crisis.
Four studies on the health crisis in the city were published in 2012. Busby, an author and co-author of two of them, described Fallujah as having "the highest rate of genetic damage in any population ever studied."
http://rt.com/news/us-chemical-weapons-portnaya-152/
PDJane
(10,103 posts)Very selective outrage.
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truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)were the things our enemies did, and not the things we did (like, say, firebombing civilians or dropping atomic bombs on them).
Nice convenient double standard.
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)and ending it.. I guess
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)To the victors the spoils.
malaise
(267,823 posts)Who the fugg are they to tell anyone about chemical weapons and morality?
Of course whistle blowers exposing this shit are the guilty parties.
The world bullies want to be the world police.
I've had enough of the fugging lies.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)planes, helicopters, and herbicides to hose down areas with, poisoned peasants be damned. And we train the guys that protect the spraying operation, just to be sure none of the locals get rowdy about it.
WHEN CRABS ROAR
(3,813 posts)read this, just sent by my friend there.
http://www.naturalnews.com/041792_Obama_Colombia_secret_war.html
xchrom
(108,903 posts)avaistheone1
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This is an early example of biological warfare -- which then started an epidemic among Native Americans.
jsr
(7,712 posts)JEB
(4,748 posts)SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)to "eradicate domestic marijuana growth". Only problem was people still sold the paraquat sprayed pot and after a few deaths the government had to stop.
watoos
(7,142 posts)You know, the stuff he gassed the Kurds with. Anyone guess where Sadaam got the stuff?