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The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues
- jmpman 1y agoAfter battling my bougainvillea this afternoon, I’m about to resort to chemical warfare. Why is that plant popular, and why isn’t there an “Bougainvillea haters” Facebook group?
- andsoitis 1y agothis is absolutely heartbreaking.
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- litbear2022 1y agoThe United States dropped more than two million tons of bombs on Laos between 1964 and 1973, including a large number of cluster munitions [1]. More than 50 years after the war, bombs still threaten the local citizens[2]. During the construction of the China-Laos Railway, Chinese builders spent a great deal of effort removing leftover bombs along the route[3]. the destruction of Japan Abandoned Chemical Weapons had been delayed *4 times*(SHAME ON YOU JAPS) [4]. [1] https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/migration/la/UNDP_LA_Hazardous-Ground.pdf https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/migration... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/27/i-dont-want-more-children-to-suffer-what-i-did-the-50-year-fight-to-clear-us-bombs-from-laos https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/27/i... [3] https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202307/1294231.shtml https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202307/1294231.shtml [4] https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg_663340/jks_665232/kjfywj_665252/202410/t20241011_11505414.html https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg_663340/jks_665232/kjfywj...
- lovegrenoble 1y ago50 years of orange disaster... Because of imperialism and american exceptionalism. By exceptionalism, I mean an idea that USA is a morally superior country for historical, ideological, and other reasons.
- rajnathani 1y agoIt's sad that the chemical warfare treaty was only signed in 1993 [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention
- fxd123 1y agoHow is it imperialism? The internationally-recognized government of South Vietnam asked the US for military intervention. The US signed peace accords in 1973 and removed all troops. North Vietnam broke the accords and invaded South Vietnam in 1975.
- Teever 1y agoSome would argue that American intervention in Vietnam was a continuation of French colonialism and the Domino Theory was a tenuous justification for American imperialism.
- lovegrenoble 1y agoExactly, this Domino concept was first developed by U.S. Secretary of State J.Dulles
- fxd123 1y agoBut yet, no imperialism occurred?
- throawayonthe 1y agothe "domino theory" was borne of fear of losing western capitalist hegemony...
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- MomsAVoxell 1y agoSee also, depleted uranium in Iraq. Iraqi mothers and their children will continue to suffer the costs of this heinous war for decades.
- lovegrenoble 1y agoSerbia as well ((
- e40 1y agoThe absolute hubris of dumping that much of a chemical like that onto farmland continues to astound me.
- baranul 1y agoMore than that, it's clear that reparations are owed to the affected Vietnamese for the obvious chemical warfare campaign. That it's even a doubt, is basically immoral and anti-humanity.
- curryberto 1y agoIt isn't new news that the effects of agent orange are largely unsubstantiated. It became political and so now we need to believe it, but it's largely unscientific. https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2016/03/latest-and-final-biennial-review-of-health-problems-that-may-be-linked-to-agent-orange-exposure-during-vietnam-war https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2016/03/latest-and-fi...