Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!jcp From: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto ) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Kampuchea and Responsibility Message-ID: <7821@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 14:37:43 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7821 Posted: Tue Jan 29 14:37:43 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Feb-85 13:31:44 EST References: <111@ihlpg.UUCP> Reply-To: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto ) Distribution: net Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 28 In article <111@ihlpg.UUCP> berman@ihlpg.UUCP (Andrew S. Berman) writes: >Can you honestly say that the interruption in food production in South >East Asia, Vietnam, Laos, and Kampuchea was not due in large part to >the massive bombing and herbicide-spraying for years on end? Wrongo! In a sub-tropical area, the effects (on plant growth, and hence food production) of using Agent Orange (really defoliant 2-4-5T, plus impurities [the source of the problem]), are unnoticable within 24 months. (This has been studied extensively by US Argiculture Dept. among others, 2-4-5T was used extensively in the US for years). If you've ever been in a tropical rain forest type area (India, Southeast Asia, South America), you will quicly realize that plants DO grow there after defoliants are used. The large amounts of rain those areas get helps. >At the Paris Peace Accords, the US (alias Henry Kissenger) pledged >$20 Billion dollars to help rebuild southeast asia. Not one cent >has been forthcoming. This aid was dependent on Hanoi fullfilling the terms of the accords, (like not invading South Vietnam, and providing a full accounting for the missing in action) > Andy Berman This is not to say that the long running war with the US didn't make matters worse, but it interesting to note that Vietnam (the country most affected by the war), faired considerably better in repairing the damage, then did Cambodia (Kampuchea). This difference is undoubtably due to the actions of the Pol Pot regime, not the US. Joe Pistritto