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Related: About this forumPhil Ochs: We're the cops of the world
CAUTION: Do not watch this video if you are unwilling to see the after effects of US chemical weapons sprayed on 20,000 Vietnamese villages.
Agent Orange, the International War Crime that keeps on killing, and killing, and killing...
- According to the statistics of Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Association, there were approximately 4.8 million people affected by agent orange/dioxin.
Approximately 3 million are still alive and suffering today. New victims are born every day.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)But don't think about our drone strikes.
delrem
(9,688 posts)Obviously - what better target for our bombs, our tens of thousands of bombs of all kinds, for all purposes right up to a world cracking end? We aren't worried about any consequences from *that*.
But if we did it, what can we do? Admit it?
But if we admit it, how can we use it to bomb another country?
A real conundrum for the propagandists of the MIC.
Pleidianfriend723
(29 posts)iemitsu
(3,888 posts)are the world's biggest hypocrites.
I read earlier today that half the children being born in Fallujah, have birth defects and as many as one in five births around the rest of Iraq.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)I was looking for the Phil Ochs' song. I fear there is horrific evidence available via google of far worse crimes committed in my name.
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)to believe lies in order to avoid dealing with the reality of our rouge state.
Both the song and the video are powerful reminders of the ruthless nature of capitalists.
delrem
(9,688 posts)So whoever knows how to keep a post kicked, please kick it.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Sometimes I doubt whether I should post something because of its graphic nature. But this time it seemed as if I dare not cover my eyes considering our current beating of war drums.
I appreciate knowing someone else thinks this video provides some real food for thought.
delrem
(9,688 posts)Not pleasant, for sure.
I'm a bit inured to seeing photos of innocents in Falluja being born deformed, and their parents cancerous.
It has to stop.