"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin...cgi?read=62203

CAUTION! The picture is not pleasant.

Al,

Your infantile gullability is exceeded only by your ignorance. Is it
possible that DU has as yet unknown hazards? Certainly. Our country has a
long a glorious history of such deceit and blunder, e.g., nuclear radiation
testing in the fifties, agent orange in the sixties, etc., so I won't argue
that point. What I will argue is your inability to do independent research
beyond the internet.

Point 1: The picture of the B-52 dropping bombs in your source is absurd.
DU is used (by-the-way, I spent 24 years on active duty in USAF and the last
15 as a USAF civilian) in anti armor projectiles such as the 30 mm rounds
used in the A-10 and the tank rounds in the M-1.
Therefore, the credibility of the article becomes suspect immediately.
Point 2: I have personally handled the 30mm DU rounds fired by the A-10.
Although I may die a horrible death, at present (I am almost 60) I am in
excellent health. Moreover, my wife, children and grandchildren are in
excellent health nor do I know of any of my comrades (numbering in the
hundreds) who have experienced any of the alleged horrors of DU.
Point 3: You have a history of being reactive. Why don't you make a feeble
attempt to determine your mental limitations and work within your abilities
with an understanding that you are probably wrong 90% of the time.