• US helps Vietnam to eradicate deadly Agent Orange
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[img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/53469000/jpg/_53469480_012238765-1.jpg[/img] Millions suffered deformities as a result of the herbicide sprayed over Vietnam [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/53469000/jpg/_53469483_52890898.jpg[/img] The US sprayed Vietnam's jungles to deprive the enemy of places to hide [quote=BBC] The US sprayed 12 million gallons of the defoliant over jungles between 1961 and 1971 during the Vietnam war. Vietnamese experts say more than three million people have suffered the effects of the herbicide, of which some 400,000 died. The development is being hailed as one of the most significant in relations between Washington and Hanoi. A ceremony to launch the programme was held at the Danang airport where the defoliant was stored before being sprayed over forests hiding fighters from the Viet Cong, guerrillas backed by the Communist government of North Vietnam. US-Vietnam ties have blossomed since diplomatic relations were established 16 years ago and steps to resolve issues left over from the war have formed a cornerstone of progress, say correspondents. "I think it's fair to say that dioxin contamination and Agent Orange was one of the single most neuralgic issues in the US-Vietnam relationship," said US charge d'affaires Virginia Palmer. For years, Hanoi and Washington argued about questions of compensation for victims of the defoliant. But now the US recognises that dioxin, found in Agent Orange, is a highly toxic substance. "Studies suggest that this chemical may be related to a number of cancers and other health effects in humans", says the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Five years ago the embassy began to shift the focus to cleaning up dioxin hot spots, clearing the path for swift progress on what had become the biggest remaining war-era issue. The US Congress appropriated an initial $3m (£1.8m) in 2007 for the effort and the figure has since risen to $32m. [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13808753[/url] Anyone here know how they are going to clean it up?
Help? they should be in jail for crimes against humanity. To the idiots that rated me dumb, read up on the war before you go rating people. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre[/url] also [quote]A November 1966 incident in which an officer in the Army's Fourth Infantry Division, severed an ear from a Vietnamese corpse and affixed it to the radio antenna of a jeep as an ornament. The officer was given a non-judicial punishment and a letter of reprimand. An August 1967 atrocity in which a 13-year-old Vietnamese child was raped by American MI interrogator of the Army's 196th Infantry Brigade. The soldier was convicted only of indecent acts with a child and assault. He served seven months and sixteen days for his crime. A September 1967 incident in which an American sergeant killed two Vietnamese children -- executing one at point blank range with a bullet to the head. Tried by general court martial in 1970, the sergeant pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of, unpremeditated murder. He was, however, sentenced to no punishment. An atrocity that took place on February 4, 1968, just over a month before the My Lai massacre, in the same province by a man from the same division (Americal). The soldier admitted to his commanding officer and other men of his unit that he gunned down three civilians as they worked in a field. A CID investigation substantiated his confession and charges of premeditated murder were preferred against him. The soldier requested a discharge, which was granted by the commanding general of the Americal Division, in lieu of court martial proceedings. A series of atrocities similar to, and occurring the same year as, the "Tiger Force" war crimes in which one unit allegedly engaged in an orgy of murder, rape and mutilation, over the course of several months. [/quote] The US had no real reason to be their other then to piss off the Russians and the Chinese. I realise that they are doing the right thing now by trying to fix the problem but most of the damage has already been done. What they did was like dropping a nuclear bomb and saying fuck the future generations let them suffer.
[IMG]http://images.wikia.com/deusex/en/images/9/99/GuntherHermann.jpg[/IMG] You will be working with agent O-RANGE. Edit: They want to eradicate him because he knows ze prozedure of a good prairie dog town.
spray anti-herbicide. It could be Agent Blue so it matches agent orange.
I believe that they clean AO by spraying a type of chemical they erodes the stuff specifically.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;30563644]Help? they should be in jail for crimes against humanity.[/QUOTE] Hey asshole, it's called a war that we were never meant to be in. Tell that to my dad, who regrets every single day for ever NOT avoiding the draft. You either did it or you were shot or arrested.
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;30563658]spray anti-herbicide. It could be Agent Blue so it matches agent orange.[/QUOTE] Walk into field of Agent Blue, come out in a field of Agent Orange :v:
Thank god, that thing is terribly damaging to innocent lives.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;30563644]Help? they should be in jail for crimes against humanity.[/QUOTE] Hurting people was not the intended use of Agent Orange, it's called an herbicide for a reason. They put it down to kill foliage in order to be able to have landing strips. (And as the article said, to remove hiding spots.) Also, don't even try to say that the United States was entirely at fault here, the Viet-cong gave handgrenades to children to use them as suicide bombs.
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;30563855]Hurting people was not the intended use of Agent Orange, it's called an herbicide for a reason. They put it down to kill foliage in order to be able to have landing strips. (And as the article said, to remove hiding spots.) Also, don't even try to say that the United States was entirely at fault here, the Viet-cong gave handgrenades to children to use them as suicide bombs.[/QUOTE] Jesus fuck what? Well, theres one reason why nam will never be in a game. [B]EDIT:[/B] Nevermind, give me dumbs, or give me death! I'd ask for a ban too for being dumb as hell, but thats too extreme, I don't deserve that! :ohdear:
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;30563855]Hurting people was not the intended use of Agent Orange, it's called an herbicide for a reason. They put it down to kill foliage in order to be able to have landing strips. (And as the article said, to remove hiding spots.) Also, don't even try to say that the United States was entirely at fault here, the Viet-cong gave handgrenades to children to use them as suicide bombs.[/QUOTE] But at the time, they [b]knew[/b] entirely that it was extremely dangerous to people
Why did I think of Project Nova?
[QUOTE=J!NX;30563978]Jesus fuck what? Well, theres one reason why nam will never be in a game.[/QUOTE] [img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQRnfX7z6f0FH9XcgbTk3h0f_g3BB4-b_NUFfiBFTOpKaUPcz4X[/img] You on crack or something?
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;30563855]Hurting people was not the intended use of Agent Orange, it's called an herbicide for a reason. They put it down to kill foliage in order to be able to have landing strips. (And as the article said, to remove hiding spots.) Also, don't even try to say that the United States was entirely at fault here, the Viet-cong gave handgrenades to children to use them as suicide bombs.[/QUOTE] Please don't try and justify America's involvement in the Vietnam war.
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;30564013]You on crack or something? <image>[/QUOTE] Not to mention the original Battlefield Vietnam.
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;30564013][img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQRnfX7z6f0FH9XcgbTk3h0f_g3BB4-b_NUFfiBFTOpKaUPcz4X[/img] You on crack or something?[/QUOTE] Wow, I need to pay more attention to war games. And whats my crack addiction have to do with anything? Leave that alone!
I hate that annoying orange.
Vietnam soldiers would also hire kids to run up to U.S. troops offering them a cold drink, a bottle of coke. They would take it and drink it.. not realizing they had put crushed glass in it which would tear them from the inside out. Out of most of the wars I've read about part of the reason vietnam was so horrible was because of the traps they used. Pretty gory.
[QUOTE=JeffAndersen;30564123]Vietnam soldiers would also hire kids to run up to U.S. troops offering them a cold drink, a bottle of coke. They would take it and drink it.. not realizing they had put crushed glass in it which would tear them from the inside out. Out of most of the wars I've read about part of the reason vietnam was so horrible was because of the traps they used. Pretty gory.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure that crushed glass thing is an urban legend. [url]http://www.snopes.com/horrors/poison/glass.asp[/url]
What a pointless war, also that chemical sounds like it has terrible effects.
[QUOTE=Cl0cK;30564325]What a pointless war, also that chemical sounds like it has terrible effects.[/QUOTE] Google image search "Agent Orange side effects" if you're up for it.
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;30564013][img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQRnfX7z6f0FH9XcgbTk3h0f_g3BB4-b_NUFfiBFTOpKaUPcz4X[/img] You on crack or something?[/QUOTE] Not that, this: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Battlefield_Vietnam_Coverart.png[/img]
FUCK... Ninjad by a couple of minutes -.-
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;30563855]Hurting people was not the intended use of Agent Orange, it's called an herbicide for a reason. They put it down to kill foliage in order to be able to have landing strips. (And as the article said, to remove hiding spots.) Also, don't even try to say that the United States was entirely at fault here, the Viet-cong gave handgrenades to children to use them as suicide bombs.[/QUOTE] The main purpose was destroying farmland, so that guerrillas wouldn't have food, and civilians wouldn't be able to support themselves, and be forced to move to US controlled cities [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_draft_urbanization[/url]
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;30563644]Help? they should be in jail for crimes against humanity.[/QUOTE] well, if they're trying to fix their mistake, i dont see how them being in jail would help
[QUOTE=erazor;30564017]Please don't try and justify America's involvement in the Vietnam war.[/QUOTE] He's not justifying it, he's merely pointing out that both sides were doing horrific things.
My dad used to work with a dude who was exposed to this crap. Guy was pretty messed up.
[QUOTE=JeffAndersen;30564123]Vietnam soldiers would also hire kids to run up to U.S. troops offering them a cold drink, a bottle of coke. They would take it and drink it.. not realizing they had put crushed glass in it which would tear them from the inside out. Out of most of the wars I've read about part of the reason vietnam was so horrible was because of the traps they used. Pretty gory.[/QUOTE] They didn't do that, but remember all that shit in CoD:WaW that the Japanese did? The vietcong did the same - and worse.
[QUOTE=erazor;30564017]Please don't try and justify America's involvement in the Vietnam war.[/QUOTE] That's not what he said. At all.
[QUOTE=ColdWave;30565133]Not that, this: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Battlefield_Vietnam_Coverart.png[/img][/QUOTE] BFV > BC2: V Bad Company 2: Vietnam was such a bummer for me. Fun but didn't meet my expectations.
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