I wonder . . .

I was reminded the other day of the use by the USA of depleted uranium in their weapons of destruction. I checked to see whether this had actually had any impact on the populations where it has been used.

Apart from the obvious immediate impact which resulted in American shells being able to go where no shell had gone before, the most lasting impact seems to be in the major increase in cancer in those areas where the shells were used.

I wonder if this could be a coincidence?

After all, when depleted uranium surrounding a shell casing explodes, when the weapon explodes, it turns into a form of lethal radioactive dust that is inhaled by those who are exposed to it. Immediately at the time of the explosion or of course at some later time as they stir up the dust into which it has fallen by such dangerous activities as heading to the privy, sweeping the floors in their houses, or just simply breathing!

Given that the people who are now dying in droves just happen to be the people who have been given a taste of the freedom that is being spread by American troops sent to evangelise the current form of American democracy around the globe, I guess it lends a new dimension to the notion of 'freedom'.

When they are dead, they are after all free from any of the problems that they might have encountered while living on this globe.

The latest news from the Washington Post and out of the Pentagon is the discussion that the Americans are thinking of building baby nukes that can be effective 'terrorist bunker busters'. In spite of the evidence that most of the terrorists who have been caught have actually been living in cities, there is yet another myth that is being spread by the US administration that such bunker buster baby nukes are needed to get to where the terrorists are hiding.

The fact that you can also use such weapons to demolish entire buildings with a single bomb does not seem to raise a mention. The fact that you would also have considerable 'collateral damage' from the use of such a weapon does not seem to faze anyone and of course the fact that using nuclear weapons in a first strike way, however much it is condemned is not going to worry Uncle Sam - after all it is the only country in the world that has in fact used a nuclear weapon in this way and then against a non nuclear Japan.

Where is America headed under the direction of Bush and his right wing cronies?