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> Also "The Americans denuded the landscape with chemicals to deny cover to the Viet Cong." means chemical weapons. I believe the distinction is that Agent Ora
by jgwil2 5y ago
> Also "The Americans denuded the landscape with chemicals to deny cover to the Viet Cong." means chemical weapons.
I believe the distinction is that Agent Orange was not used as a weapon per se, in that it wasn't applied to people, but rather was used to destroy plants. Please note I'm not making any claims about the ethics of its use.
- jacquesm 5y agoDefoliation. A precursor for a lot of that junk was made by Philips-Duphar, and dumped in a polder 25 km North of Amsterdam. The cleanup operation continues today... Dioxin, 2-4-5-T, very nasty stuff. Article about this: https://www.volgermeer.nl/artikel/na-de-ontploffing-kwam-de-kanker https://www.volgermeer.nl/artikel/na-de-ontploffing-kwam-de-... (dutch)
- TomSwirly 5y agoIf you irresponsibly drench a country with deadly poison, killing and crippling vast numbers of people and causing consequences that persist till this very day, you can't get out from under it by pretending it wasn't a weapon. "I just set your house on fire to flush you out of it so I could kill you. I didn't intend the fire as a weapon itself."