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Originally posted by ps1klon3
reply to post by Alpha_Magnum
Sorry, I cant view streaming video on the network I am in. But what I was merely trying to say was there is worse things in this world to worry about than a bunch of DU slugs, and if you didnt happen to know, the Army is very good about cleaning up after themselves. Yes there will always be things that the army doesnt find that somebody else will. Also understand that anybody who handles radioactive material wears proper protective equipment. The equipment is issued to them, BUT its up to them to wear it properly. I never said it wasnt radioactive, I said its a safe form. I should have used a better word and said "safer." Anyways does anybody know how nuclear plants store nuclear waste fuel? They put it in pools of water that constantly circulate to keep the waste rods cool. What do they do with that water? Everybody drinks water right? They "clean" the water and put it right back into systems. Of course I cannot find anything on that, if somebody can please link it. Most of that information is classified so you wont find it on the internet very easily.
[Edit] Ummm, Uranium is second hardest to Tungsten. That makes it 2x harder than Titanium, and 3 times harder than iron. I think that qualifies as an incredibly hard substance.
www.eoslifework.co.uk...
page numbered 75
Also, you are right about it being an alpha emitter and right about the ingestion. But since alpha rays cant penetrate a piece of paper or skin for that matter? I think that also qualifies as "safe" considering most ppl wear a combat uniform which is much thicker than paper for that matter.
DU is used for its very high density of 19.1 g/cm3
Originally posted by Harman
[The soldiers of the US are the brunt of the Western force in the middle-east.
You are right in what you say and i'm not fingerpointing as in being mad or judgemental, it's just that the bullets as they are shot now come from a certain direction and it points to the US.
Originally posted by Harman
Everybody talks about what happens at the other side of the pacific but in Europe it is much, much worse in respect of indoctrination by the educational system, media and the stranglehold of the banks. You still have a chance (no matter how slim) to wrestle out of it without changing laws and just defaulting back on the declaration, here? Not so much.
Originally posted by ps1klon3
reply to post by Alpha_Magnum
Ok Im sorry for offending you. But unless you work directly with these things, or are in the military with any jurisdiction to the information, dont point fingers and dont talk about something you know nothing about. Also, im not to sure anybody on the recieving end of one of these shells is gonna be worried about breathing in the particles and im also pretty sure that people eat animals that they didnt kill especially in a warzone. And if your currently NOT in Iraq, or anywhere the military is deployed to, I dont see how you have a right to point out anything that I have said to be wrong. And one other thing, uranium is EVERYWHERE. You come in contact with it everyday and I dont hear YOU suffering for it. And no use in posting a reply to this because you are obviously uneducated about the military or its weapon systems. However, if you can point me to some piece of information regarding somebody somewhere dieing from inhaling or eating an animal that has a DIRECT link to DU, I would gladly apologize and change my views.
Originally posted by Res Ipsa
...would it be inappropriate for me to call you people lazy?
nothing is as black and white as you all portray it. "America has done nothing but...." what kind of BS generalization is that? Really?
The news is worthless? Main stream media? All of it? Can't you take the time to pick out the truth from the lies or does that take too much work? Are people either bad or good and are they that all the time?
Your...and I mean all of you that have posted so far, have expressed narrow sound byte drivel, without acknowledging the complexity of the human condition just like a politician does.
The OP asked a good question, why do we support Israel and seem to give them a blank check on everything. How do we tolerate their spies.
Some do it because they are our proxy in the middle east. Some do it because the Bible says to do it and that God blesses those that protect his people and curse those that don't. (yeah, get a politician to admit that) Some people believe that if Israel goes then the end of times is upon us. Some people in high places are from Israel and even have dual citizenship and have held high government offices while holding this dual citizenship. Some do it to piss off the Muslims and Iran.
Some do it for all of the above reasons too. But what answer are you looking for?
My objective observation is that I am amazed that a group of people could be so hated for what 2000 years? That certainly doesn't hurt the case of perhaps thinking they might be a special group of people. I am not superstitious and I certainly don't take the Bible literally nor believe everything that is in there but I admit that I am one of those people that have to throw my hat in with the Jews and Israel. Maybe if they were just another ordinary race or country or group of people then I wouldn't, but my normal rational thinking self seems to be submissive when it comes to them. I mean I really can't stand the thought of giving some foreign country's spy a pass. I think it is even possible that some of them were in on 9/11. But even as I sit here in unexpected conflict, I honestly feel a loyalty to them.......now aint that some sheet. Not where this post was going but I'm leaving it as is. I feel as loyal to Israel as if it were the 51st state. I also feel like I am at an AA meeting and just introduced myself and said I was an alcholic......well, I am going to figure out why this is and if my early Christian indoctrination is responsible for this illogical position.
....um...excuse me now.