Laos' unexploded bombs

[Al Azar]

Vientiane, Laos (CNN)President Barack Obama said Tuesday that US has an "obligation" to help Laos recover from a brutal secret bombing campaign that destroyed parts of the Southeast Asian nation.

During an address to the Lao people in the country's capital, Obama pledged $90 million in a joint three-year project with the country's government to clear tens of millions of unexploded US bombs.

"Villages and entire valleys were obliterated," during US bombardments, Obama said. "Ancient plains were devastated. Countless civilians were killed."

Gee, how passive aggressive. How about accepting responsibility for US actions in that neutral country and be up front about what we did? How about...

"We obliterated villages and entire valleys during US bombardments. We devastated ancient plains. We killed countless civilians."

From 1964 to 1973 the US dropped over two million tons of bombs on the tiny Kingdom of Laos. That was more than all the bombs dropped everywhere in the world during WWII. The country is glutted with unexploded ordinance and less than 1% of it has been recovered. To this day, dozens of Lao people every year are blown to bits by accidentally stumbling upon a US bomb.

Yes, we have an obligation to clear up what's left of this mess we made. We also need to accept full responsibility for it.

 

[gipper]

That is most appalling, but the entire war was appalling and never should have occurred. It was a total waste of lives and treasure. It proved without doubt that America's political leadership are terribly corrupt.

Do you think our political class and Oligarchy have learned anything from that war's horrors? Clearly they have not.

War is the health of the State....ALWAYS.

 

[The Irish Ram]

That sob. 90 million more of our paychecks to anyone but us. Please don't let Hilary continue the rape..