Robert McNamara "was an natural liberal, driving a battered Ford, living in institution of higher education suburbs...""He saw himself as an 'enlightened rationalist'."(Robert McNamara The Economist)And he burnt lots of babies to death.He was US Secretary of Defence from 1961 to 1968.And during that time the USA carried out diffusion bombing in Vietnam.From 1961 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed Vietnam with Agent Orange, which contained DioxinMcNamara knew about the highly toxic effects of Agent Orange, complete by Dow Chemical.In 1965, Dow's internal report fixed that dioxin could be "exceptionally toxic" to humans and that "fatalities have been reported in the literature."McNamara attended meetings where the human health hazards of dioxin were discussed.McNamara's 'other' crimes: the stories you have not heard.
Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange."The Vietnamese who were bare to the chemical have suffered from cancer, liver damage, pulmonary and heart diseases, defects to reproductive capacity, and skin and anxious disorders.
"Children and grandchildren of those bare have severe physical deformities, mental and physical disabilities, diseases, and abridged life spans."The forests and jungles in large parts of southern Vietnam have been devastated and denuded. They might never grow back and if they do, it will take 50 to 200 years to regenerate."Animals that inhabited the forests and jungles have become extinct, disrupting the communities that depended on them. The rivers and underground water in some areas have also been contaminated." - Brutal daily reality: agent Orange Continues to Poison Vietnam and ...~~
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