U.S. soldiers suffering horrible effects from depleted uranium

[thewayne]

Good time to downsize the Veteran's Administration, Georgie! I did not know they were using DU for armor. That is such a bad idea that words fail me.

http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71585-0.html

Comments

Re: Depleted uranium

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I don't remember the author, but there was a scifi short story where all of the weapons of war: tanks, planes, etc. were put in a field. Everything was sprayed with oil, then sprayed with something like DU, effectively rendering them inaccessible forever.

It must have been a fantasy.

It's kind of funny how my outlook has changed in the last 25+ years. I've effectively gone from "kill 'em all and god will sort 'em out" to "give peace a chance".

Re: Depleted uranium

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

Y'know, after you see what the actual results of the "kill 'em all" approach are, especially in terms of fellow citizens of your own country, it's a lot harder to believe in it anymore. Especially as it never really seems to work out; you can't kill 'em all. I recently had a disagreement with a friend over that, 'cause he seemed to be taking that attitude about what should be done in regard to Islam. If you think about it practically for even a few minutes, it's just not workable.

Besides, when you have friends who have kids and start thinking about them getting put in harm's way like that, it takes on a whole different meaning...