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So Agent Orange was never used in Vietnam???????, Vietnamese people and Yank
Grunts never got poisened by Chemical defoliants dropped and sprayed by
trhe USAF.

To say nothing of the estimated 500,000 to 1 million Vietnamese kids born
with birth defects as a probable consequence of the spraying of Agent
Orange etc.

A quote from UNICEF ( http://www.unicef.org.vn/disable.htm )

"An untold number of Vietnamese children suffer from disabilities
attributable to Agent Orange, the chemical defoliant the United States
military sprayed over vast areas of Viet Nam during the war. While a
recent study funded by the Vietnamese government places the total number
of Agent Orange victims at 30,000, the specific number of child victims
identified in the study has not been disclosed. What is known with
certainty is that some Vietnamese children continue to be exposed to this
dangerous substance.

Studies conducted by the Canadian-based Hatfield Group reveal that there
are still areas in Viet Nam with alarmingly high levels of dioxin (the
toxic agent in Agent Orange), and indicate that in these areas dioxin is
entering the food chain. The studies suggest a direct relationship
between dioxin contamination and human health, a link that the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency recently confirmed. In a tacit
acknowledgement of the harmful effects Agent Orange can have on the
children of persons exposed to the defoliant, the United States
government provides benefits for U.S. veterans who were exposed to Agent
Orange in Viet Nam, and whose children suffer from spina bifida, a
debilitating spinal disease. However, the United States has not offered
any such aid to disabled children in Viet Nam."


Of course there's also the minor problem of the use of depleted uranium
shells in both Iraq and the former state of Yugoslavia and it's long term
consequences for both vetrans and the civilian population.
Ian