Hard-Hitting Statement Maker

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:55:39 GMT  <== Politics ==> 

Miles Woolley at LewRockwell.com - Mr. Woolley doesn't like it when fighter jets make a run over the football stadium. They remind him of napalm attacks in Vietnam. [lew]

I pondered the comments of the intoxicated football fan/military expert. Bombing "those terrorist bastards," as he had so delicately put it was a great idea. Maybe we ought to nominate this guy to George W(MD) Bush's advisory group so he could tell them to "Bomb the terrorist bastards." Obviously the military has not thought of this because one bomb on Osama Been Forgotten's head ought to do the job. Heck, make it two! Could it be that our current enemy attackers, unlike the Japanese who attacked Pearl Harbor, did not leave their return address? I'm thinking that might have something to do with it. In fact, I think that may be the reason that while OBL hides in Afghanistan or Pakistan (or practically anywhere) Americans are in Iraq dropping bombs on high-value targets as well as civilians.

Oh, in the Iraq war, napalm has supposedly been replaced by a different incendiary device. The gasoline in the Vietnam era napalm mixture was replaced by kerosene. I am sure the recipients of the new gadget are thankful for that improvement. The cannon fire from the jets has also been changed from what I experienced. Now they include DU (depleted uranium) rounds. I strongly encourage the reader to follow the DU hyperlink if you are unfamiliar with the health concerns relative to its use. Depleted uranium makes an excellent armor-piercing shell that cuts through armor like a hot knife through butter. I noticed some news footage after our shock and awe portion of the Iraq war was concluded that showed rows of tanks, military trucks, and other military vehicles that had been shredded by the DU rounds. On the plus side, while acting as a very effective weapon, using DU rounds helps get rid of our nuclear waste. Well, it seems that using DU has its costs. Maybe the Iraq war veterans will not have the napalm nightmares that haunt the Vietnam War vets but will instead finish their lives dealing with DU side effects.

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That DU is some bad stuff

Submitted by Ali on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:22:38 GMT

That DU is some very bad stuff folks. I breathed in what seems like a couple pounds of the stuff when I was in Kuwait during the Gulf War and I believe it's responsible for most of my ongoing health problems too.

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Sorry to hear that, Ali.

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:07:51 GMT

Sorry to hear that, Ali.

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Vietnam & Iraq

Submitted by Vigilante on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:01:20 GMT

You're right. DU is a more significant moral equivalent to napalm than white phosphorous. I got it wrong.

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DU

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:44:08 GMT

Not to be called uncaring, but the DU seems to be safer than lead.
Too many people see uranium, and think Atomic bombs and fallout.
If you get blown up by a bomb, or incinerated by napalm, what is the real difference, your dead!
No body has yet to define what "Gulf war syndrome" is from a science standpoint, so it is real easy to make the claim that DU can be a contributing factor, because how do yopu prove it is not, when you can't even define what "Gulf war syndrome" is.
I don't mean to disparage people who claim to have it, they really are ill, whether the cause is physical, or psychological. From the range of symptoms, I suspect both, with multiple sources on the physical side.

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