Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe invisible killer haunting Laos 50 years after the Vietnam Warwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkThe invisible killer haunting Laos 50 years after the Vietnam Warwww.telegraph.co.ukLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoHaven’t read the article but I’m going to guess…land mines?
minus-squareSylver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year ago“Bombies”: the smaller explosive ordinance involved in cluster bombing with up to a 30% dud rate. We (the US) dropped a plane-load of bombs on Laos every 8 minutes for a decade straight.
minus-squarenul9o9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year ago We (the US) dropped a plane-load of bombs on Laos every 8 minutes for a decade straight ಠ_ಠ
minus-squareMidnight1938@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoKissinger im guessing?
minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoCorrect. You may move up 2 spots in the piss on his grave queue.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoThe man personally ordered countless bombings, and even overruled generals who wanted to scale back or target actual military targets. Nixon never actually cared much about the day-to-day minutia of the war, but Kissinger sure did.
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoNo wonder he is considered a hero to conservatives.
Haven’t read the article but I’m going to guess…land mines?
“Bombies”: the smaller explosive ordinance involved in cluster bombing with up to a 30% dud rate.
We (the US) dropped a plane-load of bombs on Laos every 8 minutes for a decade straight.
ಠ_ಠ
And Cambodia.
Kissinger im guessing?
Correct.
You may move up 2 spots in the piss on his grave queue.
The man personally ordered countless bombings, and even overruled generals who wanted to scale back or target actual military targets.
Nixon never actually cared much about the day-to-day minutia of the war, but Kissinger sure did.
No wonder he is considered a hero to conservatives.