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Many 9/11 Tribute Programs.....but
As the 9/11 date (or 11/9 as we in the UK know it) comes round there seems to be dozens of TV programs on at the moment about 9/11 and its aftermath.
It is of course right we feel sorry for the people involved in 9/11 and their families who still survive.
However, because of the number of TV channels and video cameras available in that country, giving more visibility of the attack, there is a danger of giving the USA more sympathy than perhaps other countries.
Some of us are old enough to remember the Vietnam war, where America used two awful chemicals on the people Vietnam.
One was Napalm, which stuck to people's bodies and burned them. More here:
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The other was Agent Orange, a chemical used to remove the leaves from trees so the enemy could not hide under them. More here:
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The use of this chemical has caused untold misery to hundreds of thousands of people in Vietnam since the end of the war.
Here is an article on the BBC web site today talking about the effects of Agent Orange on the people of Vietnam (a TV program is shown on BBC1 London tonight).
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So while you watch the TV programs about 9/11 just remember the death and misery the USA caused to a country the other side of the world (and now condemns Syria for the use of chemicals in War!).
Sometimes you read what you sow.
It is of course right we feel sorry for the people involved in 9/11 and their families who still survive.
However, because of the number of TV channels and video cameras available in that country, giving more visibility of the attack, there is a danger of giving the USA more sympathy than perhaps other countries.
Some of us are old enough to remember the Vietnam war, where America used two awful chemicals on the people Vietnam.
One was Napalm, which stuck to people's bodies and burned them. More here:
http://
The other was Agent Orange, a chemical used to remove the leaves from trees so the enemy could not hide under them. More here:
http://
The use of this chemical has caused untold misery to hundreds of thousands of people in Vietnam since the end of the war.
Here is an article on the BBC web site today talking about the effects of Agent Orange on the people of Vietnam (a TV program is shown on BBC1 London tonight).
http://
So while you watch the TV programs about 9/11 just remember the death and misery the USA caused to a country the other side of the world (and now condemns Syria for the use of chemicals in War!).
Sometimes you read what you sow.
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It seems to me that VHG is muddling together 3 issues:
1. Al Qaeda attack 9/11
2. Use of chemical weapons by Syria
3. Use of chemical weapons by the USA in Vietnam
They are all to be condemned. If you want to talk about the hypocrisy of the US governments over chemical weapons, then that's another story.
1. Al Qaeda attack 9/11
2. Use of chemical weapons by Syria
3. Use of chemical weapons by the USA in Vietnam
They are all to be condemned. If you want to talk about the hypocrisy of the US governments over chemical weapons, then that's another story.
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