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Steve,
Because something is presented by a politician doesn’t make it fact or close to it.
The 40% is highly inaccurate, it is off by approximately a magnitude in the worse case scenario.
I don’t get out to the bay area often so we’ll have to wait to compare notes on de-mining in Cambodia and Laos or EOD efforts in Iraq.
What you don’t comprehend are the effects of the alternatives available to the U.S. in terms of munitions. I am sure you would like those even more.
The numbers listed for unexploded cluster bombs in Laos do not add up.
I have seen the mis-reporting, whether intentional or not (no discussion of motives here) as to the cause of more than a few serious/fatal injuries. I have no facts to question the numbers killed/injured but experience and cause. I know for a fact that unexploded AAA has killed/injured quite a few in populated areas of Iraq. Pin heads want to categorize them as “cluster bombs”.
I strongly agree that we should stop using these in built up areas and use the more lethal munitions.
S/F, FOG
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