Atomic Veterans revisited through depleted uranium exposure

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Atomic Veterans revisited through depleted uranium exposure

By Vincent L Guarisco
Originally published in Axis of Logic


"I ask you, what is the difference between 30 million people dead and 130 million people dead? . . . With 30 million dead, the United States can survive . . ."
—Edward Teller, nuclear physicist and 'father' of the H-Bomb



October 20, 2003—Welcome to the 21st century uranium slaughtergate, an age-old curse where the forsaken still inherit a radiated death sentence after more than 50 years of tearful grave digging.

I am the offspring of an Atomic Veteran, and I have been in "shock and awe" my entire life over the hushed-up military practice of wanton execution—I have had to come to grips with the reality that our government criminally maims, disables and kills anyone at will and with impunity.

History is a useful prognostic tool if those who record it archive it with accuracy and without revision. But as long as recorded history continues to be twisted and suppressed by those above the law, our nation will never learn anything from its mistakes. America will continue to stumble on blindly—repeatedly victimized by those who write this fairy tale from hell with pens literally dipped in the spilled blood of its citizens.

Honesty is the best policy for recording the past, as well as the present and future—whether good or bad. However, since it becomes more apparent every day that pathological liars are in control, it is my opinion that today's historians, educators and most media outlets have missed their true calling. If the massive "containment wall" they have efficiently constructed around the many injustices heaped on Atomic Veterans is any proof, they would make wonderful bricklayers. This insidious atrocity continues to be one of our nation's best-kept secrets, and to this day, not one person has ever been held accountable for the many crimes committed against these people who served their country so valiantly.

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1. Depleted uranium is a component of toxic nuclear waste

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..Depleted uranium is a component of toxic nuclear waste, usually stored at secure sites. Handlers are supposed to wear radiation protection gear. Unfortunately, battle ready soldiers are not supplied with the needed protection gear for handling ammo and other munitions.

DU munitions are classified by a United Nations resolution as illegal weapons of mass destruction. Their usage breaks all international laws, treaties and conventions forbidding poisoned weapons aimed at causing unnecessary suffering.

Nearly half of Rokke's cleanup team is dead, and most of the others—including Rokke—have serious health problems. Rokke, who has been sounding the alarm for more than a decade, says he has reactive airway disease, neurological damage, cataracts and kidney problems. He blames his health problems on exposure to DU. "This whole thing is a crime against God and humanity," he said.

The Bush-Cheney cartel has no shame! They have sent coalition forces into a depleted uranium (DU) toxic wasteland, an "enlistment" gift that will keep on giving for a lifetime. There is no escape, soldiers are inhaling and ingesting DU dust every day, even in the cities, and the potential risk for cancer and other diseases is so high it staggers the imagination. It truly is a death sentence for everyone involved.

For the love of sanity, for the love of life, Americans must demand that our troops be immediately brought home! We must march in the streets, scream out our windows—do whatever it takes to stop this madness. I have been to the funerals; I have seen firsthand what happens to loved ones whose lives are destroyed. It cannot be allowed to continue.