I was just listening to Democracy Now, and IVAW soldiers were testifying to what they saw and experienced in Iraq. He began telling of the sandstorms, which he believed had depleted uranium dust in it, since the storms were in proximity to recently blown up buildings(which brings up a question: why on earth would you use DU ammunition to blow a building when C4 or a shoulder fired rocket will do the trick? Kids with guns...). Anyway, the link between Gulf War Syndrome and DU is identical. Why did they use it? Some possible answers:

• smoke from oil well fires,
• post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological and psychosomatic causes,
• multiple chemical sensitivity,
• biological weapons,
• inhibited red-fuming nitric acid (IRFNA), a rocket fuel/oxidizing agent used in SS-1 Scud (and derived) ballistic missiles, SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missiles and possibly other pieces of Iraqi military technology,^[11] and
• military experimentation
• consumption of overheated aspartame in diet soft drinks.

OK. These have all been ruled out by "authorities", in other words people who work to lie for the government. Smoke? Sure. PTSD? You bet. Bioweapons? highly unlikely.

Military experimentation: ah, now we're onto something. It should surprise no one that the government is using soldiers as guinea pigs again; and then they have the gall to deny it. Another culprit is pyridostigmine bromide, used to prevent the onset of nerve gas poisoning. They gave it to us in 2002, but I think I only took it once. Then, suddenly, it was yanked from us, because they found it to be toxic. Duh.

So, is there any moral standing left ot this war? Poisoning our troops on purpose for science?

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