Reply #21: There are a few who feel that Global Warming is a non-issue also [View All]

[chknltl]

I am not trying to flame you...I thank you for the link, it is quite insightful into the public mind of General Clark. I like this man, always have and I feel that he can lead our country just fine. He strikes me as a man of strong personal integrity. I do not for one minute believe that he is shilling for any special interest group, especially the nuclear waste/munitions industry.

I am quite aware of the tactical function depleted uranium provides. That said, I am strongly against it's use. There is plenty of evidence out there that it qualifies as a WMD in that the uranium oxide particles released from its use becomes an environmental hazard...one which indeed can maim and kill over time. You have access to the same online data I have. Sure there are eggheads on both sides of this issue posting their studies. Read as many as you like then ask yourself this quite selfish question: Am I confident enough from my own research here to allow a loved one to enter an area with known depleted uranium contaminates regardless of how long ago those contaminates were deposited?" I argue that you would not do such a thing... I further argue that no sane human with access to the data would either....unless they just decided to ignore it completely!

Those who live in and around the contaminated sites do not get the opportunity to review this data as you and I do. They get NO CHOICE. That in itself should be a crime...that is one reason WMD use should be a crime. The fact that the perpetrators of the crime choose to claim that their crime is a non-issue, that there was no legalities broken changes nothing for the victims of the crime. What if bush was able to pass a law that rape was no longer a crime? Just because it is legal does this qualify it as anything less than what it really is? Especially to the victim?

You sound like a vet. I am also a vet. In my sig line there is a link to beyond treason.com which offers up a dvd which details the nightmare our use of depleted uranium munitions has unleashed.
(It also speaks extensively about 3 other causes for PTSD and it gives a great background into each)
The DVD is free to all vets.

I titled this post "There are a few who feel that Global Warming is a non-issue as well" for a reason...not to flame you, (it sounds like it though, I apologize for that). I wrote that because I wish to point out something else. Years ago there were some who were alarmed about Global Warming and then there were those who felt it was not a problem whatsoever. As more and more studies came out the alarm grew. There are now those currently being affected by this phenomenon. In essence the unwilling victims. They may or may not care for the debates one way or the other, they just know that their lives are adversely affected. More and more folks are lining up on the side of those eggheads who say that Global Warming is man made and adversely affecting our environment. This too is happening with the depleted uranium issue. As more and more studies come out pointing to the devastation the use of such munition has caused, as more and more of the victims become sickened and in many cases re-expose their loved ones, public opinion grows. It will eventually grow to outrage and disgust as it should be.

There are those who claim Global Warming is a myth. It is easy to see that those folks either shill for those who stand to continue gaining financially from these assertions or they are folks who choose to be mislead by those leaders they trust. I believe this to be so again with the depleted uranium issue. I join and support my states Senator Jim McDermott here... he is not one to waste our time on further inaction while the "research" is underway. He sees the foolhardiness in that...he sees that this is exactly what the profiteers prefer we do, sit back and wait. Senator McDermott is not sitting back and waiting...nor am I. I urge you to join us and speak out against the use of this WMD my fellow DUer...that is for you to decide though. For me I am not ashamed to have the strong feelings I have against this nightmare. I would like to see one day those who profited from this particular WMD's use be the ones made to clean it up. I also fell that Wesley Clark may change his oppinion on it as well , that is if he has not already. (Which is why I asked in the first place). He is a smart man and more importantly a man of integrity, one who cared for his troops. I can not believe that he still stands behind the use of depleted uranium munitions...well I sincerely hope not...

thank you for responding to my question