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On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:00:49 -0600, "S. Sampson"
wrote: "Ed Rasimus" wrote By that criteria, I'll still say little or no "carpet bombing" in SEA. If you limit it to iron. The most common carpet bombing in Vietnam was the defoliant chemicals. Maybe there's a more correct term, as "bombing" seems to signify explosives, rather than biological weapons. It is a giant leap of language to translate defoliants into "biological weapons"--In fact a slightly (but only slightly) lesser assault on language would be to label defoliants as "chemical weapons". But, the essential assault is the implication that an herbicide is somehow homicidal. When you kill the dandelions in your lawn with a broadcast herbicide, are you somehow guilty of a version of genocide. I certainly don't want to get into the debate about long term health impacts of excessive exposure to Agent Orange, but I think we can all agree that immediate physiological impact on humans (or even livestock) from Agent Orange exposure was non-existant. And, I don't think application of a "weapon" that doesn't have an effect on the enemy for more than twenty years is tactically sound. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8 |
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