US, Vietnam Launch Agent Orange Cleanup

[myrobbins7]

The United States and Vietnam’s defense ministry have launched the first cleanup operation to rid a former air base of a toxic dioxin left from the Vietnam war. Although many people have welcomed the move, some say it is too little, too late to help generations of people suffering birth defects and diseases linked to the chemical.

US, Vietnam Launch Agent Orange Cleanup

Some have hailed the project as a historic turning point for both governments after years of wrangling over the issue.

Good lord..It would seem like we could have got together years before now to clean this garbage up.

 

[VolsNSkinsFan]

my uncle drove tanker trucks full of that stuff in nam and he got cancer twice right after he came back

 

[TruthIsOutThere]

Shouldn't there be a dang statute of limtations on our desire to fix wrongs we may have comitted in the past. We sunk enough money into that country - for good reasons or bad. We have enough superfund sites of our own here in the US to clean up.

 

[hog88]

Lotta shimp out in 'em waters. Get it cleaned up....

 

[PKT_VOL]

1) This has to do with budding up to Vietnam due to its strategic location to China.

2) I saw a lot of kids with birth effects over there due to Agent Orange. Sad stuff.

3) They use a lot of negative propaganda over there because of it. Hopefully it will help improve our image over there.

 

[Toujours Pret]

Shouldn't there be a dang statute of limtations on our desire to fix wrongs we may have comitted in the past. We sunk enough money into that country - for good reasons or bad. We have enough superfund sites of our own here in the US to clean up.

I concur. Not to sound callous, but **** happens.

 

[davethevol]

We should definitely help clean that up. We shouldn't have been involved in that war in the first place.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Shouldn't there be a dang statute of limtations on our desire to fix wrongs we may have comitted in the past. We sunk enough money into that country - for good reasons or bad. We have enough superfund sites of our own here in the US to clean up.

:banghead2:

 

[milohimself]

Better late than never but I suppose it took vietnam regaining geopolitical importance for it to happen

 

[TruthIsOutThere]

:banghead2:

Any thought behind this?

All I'm saying is that we have enough ecological disasters of our own in this country.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Any thought behind this?

All I'm saying is that we have enough ecological disasters of our own in this country.

If you spill the glass of milk, do you clean it up or just let it sit?

 

[UTRavens]

Any thought behind this?

All I'm saying is that we have enough ecological disasters of our own in this country.

It's not like we can only do one or the other.

 

[govols09]

Better late than never but I suppose it took vietnam regaining geopolitical importance for it to happen

Ding ding ding