Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:35:05 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


Please. There is much documentation available on how and why Agent
Orange was used. It was chemical warfare. And my reference to landmines
was to our country's willingness to sell them.


By golly, you're right. Agent Orange, although not used to kill people,
was used to kill crops
forcing farmers to move to urban areas and not support the NVA or Viet
Cong. I would agree that
constitutes a form of 'chemical warfare'.

If we ever have to clear a minefield in Somalia, or elsewhere, I'd rather
we clear our mines than
Russian or Chinese. Wouldn't you?

I understand our mines triggers, at least for close to 50 years will
degrade and be inert after a not long time. Other countries mines, will
work for a long, long, long time.