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Wow, first time I heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicidal_warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicidal_warfare / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ope
by internet_points 2y ago
Wow, first time I heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicidal_warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicidal_warfare / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ranch_Hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ranch_Hand
Strangely, there's a dearth of links between that and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(Department_of_Defense) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(Department_of_Defen... / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McNamara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McNamara
- spacechild1 2y agoYou never heard of Agent Orange?
- ttyprintk 2y agoIf you want to sound old, say aloud “you’ve never heard of Muhammad Ali?”
- lenerdenator 2y agoAnd that's the scary thing: people aren't aware of the lessons of the past. Not the "past", even; Ali's draft refusal and Operation Ranch Hand were well within a human lifetime of now.
- internet_points 2y agoCan't say for sure I haven't heard the term before (can't claim I'm too young to know, more like old enough to start forgetting), but I did not know they had as a goal to remove whole forests, causing countless deaths by herbicide. The details are always more horrifying than I imagined.
- spacechild1 2y agoThat's interesting. Agent Orange and Napalm are two things I immediately associate with the Vietnam War. The countless severe birth defects caused by Agent Orange have been a big topic. (Well, at least outside the US...) In fact, they still happen today! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange#Health_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange#Health_effects