Agent Orange and it's legacy in Vietnam

This lonely section of the abandoned Danang air base was once crawling with U.S. airmen and machines. It was here where giant orange drums were stored and the herbicides they contained were mixed and loaded onto waiting planes. Whatever sloshed out soaked into the soil and eventually seeped into the water supply. Thirty years later, the rare visitor to the former U.S. air base is provided with rubber boots and protective clothing. Residue from Agent Orange, which was sprayed to deny enemy troops jungle cover, remains so toxic that this patch of land is considered one of the most contaminated pieces of real estate in the country. A recent study indicates that even three decades after the war ended, the cancer-causing dioxins are at levels 300 to 400 times higher than what is deemed to be safe....read more...

This legacy was a major reason I only have one child. news about the problems surrounding Agent Orange surfaced right around the time my son was born. My first contact with the VA was shortly thereafter, whereupon I was told that there were no problems associated with it's usage. Basically, they said don't call us, we'll call you. Needless to say, I had dodged a bullet the first time out, but didn't want to tempt the fates any further.

Simple, we fight for the principles and aspirations of our country, not for the liars who run it.

Surely it is no different than what patriots across the world feel, after all, we are human beings before we are Americans.

do you think that there's a difference between:

1. what US citizens and soldiers feel?

2. what US and non-US soldiers feel?

please don't get me wrong

I think these kind of things can happen anywhere