Re: Depleted Uranium

[CPEO <cpeo@cpeo.org>]

This message was from Merv Tano (Mervtano@aol.com) -- the sending address
got lost in the posting process.  Sorry.  -jg

> >Subject: Re: Depleted Uranium
> >Date: Fri, May 7, 1999, 10:05 AM
> >
> 
> > I'm all for research and development of alternatives to du ordnance, but
> > until such alternatives are indeed developed, I'm all for using the best
> > weapon in the arsenal.  If there are such alternatives, I haven't seen
> > them suggested here.  But what truly befuddles me are the concerns
> > expressed over stochastically determined injury when we are dealing with
> > real murders, real rapes, real forcible evictions.  Frankly, I find
> > discussions regarding the environmental consequences of war silly.  Bombs
> > and missiles, and rockets, and grenades and bullets and mines kill and
> > destroy and maim.  Let's talk instead about stopping the killing and
> > destruction and the maiming.