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[–]Skeeball_Fanatic 58 points59 points ago

Awful.

I've spent eight weeks traveling Vietnam, and the terrible after effects of Agent Orange are on ready display.

It's absolutely heartbreaking to see. In Saigon, there are multitudes of alms seekers pushing their little hydrocephalic kids around in carts. It's soul destroying.

To anyone thinking this is ok to joke about, I challenge you to spend some time there and then try to see any humour in this at all.

Those poor, poor people.

[–]BootsOrHat 11 points12 points ago

What are they being kept in and why?

[–]Moefty 6 points7 points ago

FOR SCIENCE!

[–]wolfman1214 1 point2 points ago

In science.

[–]mendicantbias69 6 points7 points ago

My grandfather was stationed at Khe Sanh in '68. 4 years ago he died of lymphoma, even though he was extremely healthy for 62 and quit smoking 20 years ago. I have no doubt in my mind that the cancer came from his exposure to agent orange while he was in Vietnam. It's sickening what we'll do to try and win a military conflict.

[–]mamap31 -1 points0 points ago

A good friend of my parents' recently died from a brain tumor. His doctors believe that it was caused by his exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam.

[–]DoctorBarbie89 0 points1 point ago

My dad was in Vietnam in '68. I'm lucky I don't have a third leg or something.

[–]Veladora 0 points1 point ago

As was my father, the health problems he has now a days are unreal.

[–]Cashrunner 12 points13 points ago

Catdog

[–]pfannkuchen_gesicht 3 points4 points ago

good job america!

[–]beatleforce1 4 points5 points ago

What the hell is 'agent orange'?

[–]Hitno 29 points30 points ago

just yet another reason to dislike war, in this case the vietnam war. Chemical attacks by the US designed to kill the forests so the enemy was easier to spot from above, it just turned out it had some side effects to the human body

[–]GaBBBoSK 20 points21 points ago

It also backfired and caused a lot of medical problems for the US soldiers, which is why my late grandfather ended up dying from heart complications. Seriously, fuck war.

[–]Midn1ghtwhisp3r 3 points4 points ago

A friend of the family was actually exposed to this as well, He has these strange blueish vein-like strings visible in his arms that seem to grow over time, and climb like a vine, they look horrible, and he has had so many lung and heart problems from it.

[–]beatleforce1 4 points5 points ago

Ah, that's terrible. Such horrible things happen in war.

[–]BraveSirRobin 4 points5 points ago

There were also others designed to kill crops to starve the civilian population, which is evil incarnate before considering the side effects. A part of me suspects that the focus is always on Agent Orange to distract from this, like how we focus on waterboarding when other far worse techniques are commonplace.

[–]James_Bondage_007 2 points3 points ago

You should definitely read a bit about it. It will put the potential of future chemical warfare in a very real perspective for you. ( I have to assume it was 'before your time', so learning the history of it may have an impact on your future thoughts about war)

[–]beatleforce1 1 point2 points ago

Ah right. I'm only 14, just thought I'd say.

[–]James_Bondage_007 1 point2 points ago

Well there's a lot of history out there, and a good chunk of it is boring as shit. Agent Orange is some fucked up stuff that will at least keep you interested.

[–]beatleforce1 2 points3 points ago

Yeah seems pretty fucked up....

[–]pumpmar 0 points1 point ago

also read the accounts of our POWs in vietnam, and other countries before bleeding your heart all over the enemy. our own past presidential candidate, mccain was a pow over there, so that would be a good place to start .

[–]charlieADAMS -3 points-2 points ago

If you're American and you don't know what that is you should be ashamed.

[–]beatleforce1 6 points7 points ago

I'm British.

[–]outofband -1 points0 points ago

A herbicide chemical weapon

[–]bmidge -4 points-3 points ago

It's a strain of marijuana.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Taste the freedom!

[–]digitalpizza 0 points1 point ago

America! FUCK YEAH!

[–]DuurtyChemistry 0 points1 point ago

agent orange--made by Monsanto

[–]aduckslemonade 0 points1 point ago

fuuuck :(

edit: how the fuck did a woman give birth to that double baby? honest question

[–]pumpmar 0 points1 point ago

my mom keeps telling me her friends husband has agent orange. it looks like you just dont "get" agent orange. gonna have to show her this

[–]kittenmittenss 0 points1 point ago

NSFL

[–]DoctorHeadshot 0 points1 point ago

Nice going, America.

[–]lloydhimself -5 points-4 points ago

Soup any one

[–]James_Bondage_007 -2 points-1 points ago

Damn, you totally beat me. I don't think you deserve the downvotes.... last time I check this is WTF, not WorldNews. We come here for the gross, offensive, and bloody and laugh at ourselves for all having disturbed sensibilities.

[–]pumpmar 1 point2 points ago

true. if we cant find a way to laugh, it will just tear us apart

[–]grgcucu -5 points-4 points ago

god bless murica!

[–]forever1228 -3 points-2 points ago

Between us and the viet kong strapping bombs on them, I don't know who did more damage...poor bastards.

[–]AsianGobbler 0 points1 point ago

pretty sure america did more damage, i.e. rolling thunder

[–]Derp1121 -5 points-4 points ago

catdog?

[–]erikgil -3 points-2 points ago

But we were bringing them DEMOCRACY?!

[–]DoctorHeadshot 6 points7 points ago

JUST LIKE THAT TIME WE DEMOCRACY'D THE FUCK OUT OF SOME SHITHOLE NAMED IRAQ!

AMERICA! AMERICA!

No, seriously, fuck you and fuck your damn wars

[–]erikgil 0 points1 point ago

Yup. Fuck the USA. I agree. Just 10 minutes ago I was discussing how I no longer fish the Raritan bay due to the dredging in the early 90's. 4 inches under the bay bed is Agent Orange production spoil.

Scary shit.

[–]DoctorHeadshot 0 points1 point ago

It's not only the US.

Fuck war and imperialism all together