A long, brutal history: How dangerous are chemical weapons?

[TaiShang]

A long, brutal history: How dangerous are chemical weapons?

By Li Zhao, Zhao Yuxiang
2018-04-20


Phan Thanh Hung Duc lies there, silently. To be exact, he is immobile. His mouth is “agape” and his hands and feet “locked in gnarled deformity,” as the New York Times recorded.

The 20-year-old is one of the thousands of victims who exposed to Agent Orange, an herbicide and defoliant chemical used by United States military during the Vietnam War.

Le Van Dan is a former South Vietnamese soldier. Wearing a worn-out military jacket, the tough man speaks with through his broken teeth, as The Independent recorded.

Both of his grandsons were born severely injured. Doctors said it was because of Agent Orange, The Independent reported.

A man with a child is seen at a hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 25, 2018. The Western powers led by the US accused the Syrian government of being responsible for an alleged chemical attack. /Reuters Photo

According to the New York Times, the US sprayed roughly 5.1 million gallons of herbicides with the toxic chemical dioxin across Vietnam, which left indiscriminate, long-lasting and painful effects on not just Vietnamese locals but even their second, third and even future generations.

The Vietnam War is only one of the example of dozens of cases where chemical warfare was used on battlefields, starting early enough from the beginning of the 20th century.

The most recently confirmed use of chemical weapons was on April 4, 2017, sarin was used in the Khan Shaykhun area in Idlib Province of Syria, according to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

The international chemical watchdog has listed out many chemical weapon agents that may cause insidious effects on human body.

Photo courtesy of OPCW's official website

Experts say, potential effects include the followings:

- Prevent human body’s blood and tissue cells from accepting oxygen

- Cause rapid organ failure

- Choking

- Loss of body control

- Birth defection

- Causing secretions, respiratory problems

- Muscular dysfunction

- Death

Sit back and watch this video. CGTN is a taking you back to the long and brutal time where chemical weapons were used and innocent people were hurt.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

During the second Sino Japanese war the dirty IJA used chemical and biological weapons through out.

The western powers and their dogs are the lowest of the low. On one hand they feign indignation and the other they perpetrate the worst crimes in human history.

And we still have a certain country hoping to be buddies with the super power that poisoned them and their descendants.

 

[TaiShang]

During the second Sino Japanese war the dirty IJA used chemical and biological weapons through out.

The western powers and their dogs are the lowest of the low. On one hand they feign indignation and the other they perpetrate the worst crimes in human history.

And we still have a certain country hoping to be buddies with the super power that poisoned them and their descendants.

CGTN video in my link (if you click on the title, it will open open up) mentions that. Japan used chemical weapons in 18 provinces across China, killing over 200.000 people.

Italy used it in Ethiopia.

Used used it in Vietnam.

The recipient countries of chemical warfare should never forget and forgive the actual perpetrators and whatever represents them today.

 

[Viet]

During the second Sino Japanese war the dirty IJA used chemical and biological weapons through out.

The western powers and their dogs are the lowest of the low. On one hand they feign indignation and the other they perpetrate the worst crimes in human history.

And we still have a certain country hoping to be buddies with the super power that poisoned them and their descendants.

Certain country? If you mean Vietnam, then let’s me tell you China is not better than other animals. The PLA never uses chemical weapons against Vietnam?

China recently issues a war threat against Vietnam. Do you see America and Japan do the same?

If you begin to believe to your own propaganda then it is high noon for you to visit a doctor.

I hope too, should it come to a war, the PLA won’t resort to ABC weapons.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

Certain country? If you mean Vietnam, then let’s me tell you China is not better than other animals. The PLA never uses chemical weapons against Vietnam?

China recently issues a war threat against Vietnam. Do you see America and Japan do the same?

If you begin to believe to your own propaganda then it is high noon for you to visit a doctor.

I hope too, should it come to a war, the PLA won’t resort to ABC weapons.

Give me a source on when china used chemical or biological weapons in vietnam.

Go on.

 

[Viet]

Give me a source on when china used chemical or biological weapons in vietnam.

Go on.

I said chemical not biological. The PLA pumped poisen gas into bunkers where Vietnamese civilians were hiding when overrunning Vietnamese defence positions in 1979 war. That is proven.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

I said chemical not biological. The PLA pumped poisen gas into bunkers where Vietnamese civilians were hiding when overrunning Vietnamese defence positions in 1979 war. That is proven.

No source you liar.

Now you act like an indian.

 

[Viet]

No source you liar.

Now you act like an indian.

if I am Indian, you are a Nigger!

In all the wars China raged against Vietnam, the last major war is no difference, one thing is common: brutality. The PLA was instructed merciless. Despite Vietnam media avoiding in reporting on the 1979 war, there are reports of PLA troops pumping poisen gas into bunkers, along with brutal artillery bombardments, leading to the deaths of estimated 10,000 Vietnamese civilians.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/world/asia/06vietnam.html

The Chinese soldiers were instructed to be merciless and resorted to a “frenzy of extreme emotions,” according to a former Chinese intelligence officer, Xu Meihong, who immigrated to the United States and whose account appears in a history of the war, “Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War” by Edward C. O’Dowd.

The gravestone of Ms. Hien’s mother, who was killed in the 1979 conflict with China. Ms. Hien’s father was wounded. CreditJustin Mott for The New York Times

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

if I am Indian, you are a Nigger!

In all the wars China raged against Vietnam, the last major war is no difference, one thing is common: brutality. The PLA was instructed merciless. Despite Vietnam media avoiding in reporting on the 1979 war, there are reports of PLA troops pumping poisen gas into bunkers, along with brutal artillery bombardments, leading to the deaths of estimated 10,000 Vietnamese civilians.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/world/asia/06vietnam.html

The Chinese soldiers were instructed to be merciless and resorted to a “frenzy of extreme emotions,” according to a former Chinese intelligence officer, Xu Meihong, who immigrated to the United States and whose account appears in a history of the war, “Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War” by Edward C. O’Dowd.

The gravestone of Ms. Hien’s mother, who was killed in the 1979 conflict with China. Ms. Hien’s father was wounded. CreditJustin Mott for The New York Times

Hahaha did I touch on a sensitive nerve?

From your explosive reaction you might very well be an indian.

Again no source, not even a stub pertaining to chemical weapons used by the PLA in Vietnam.

There is no source and you are a desperate liar. You then high light a section of text that has nothing to do.with chemical attacks.

I should report your malnourished arse for calling me a n..... But I find you too funny to get banned.

 

[Yingluck]

I said chemical not biological. The PLA pumped poisen gas into bunkers where Vietnamese civilians were hiding when overrunning Vietnamese defence positions in 1979 war. That is proven.

Are you referring to agent orange?

 

[Viet]

Hahaha did I touch on a sensitive nerve?

From your explosive reaction you might very well be an indian.

Again no source, not even a stub pertaining to chemical weapons used by the PLA in Vietnam.

There is no source and you are a desperate liar. You then high light a section of text that has nothing to do.with chemical attacks.

I should report your malnourished arse for calling me a n..... But I find you too funny to get banned.

Yes you touched your dirty nigger face. Why ban me? You chinese call everyone you don’t like as Indian. In VN we call such people like you as Nigger. That is fair.

Are you referring to agent orange?

No, I referred to poison gas. Similar to poison gas attack in Syria.

 

[rambro]

Are you referring to agent orange?

he is just conveniently dismissing agent orange + carpet/napalm bombing runs all over Vietnam just to get at China
Strange affinity indeed.

Hahaha did I touch on a sensitive nerve?

From your explosive reaction you might very well be an indian.

Again no source, not even a stub pertaining to chemical weapons used by the PLA in Vietnam.

There is no source and you are a desperate liar. You then high light a section of text that has nothing to do.with chemical attacks.

I should report your malnourished arse for calling me a n..... But I find you too funny to get banned.

as suspected, he sure replies and behaves like one.

 

[Viet]

he is just conveniently dismissing agent orange + carpet/napalm bombing runs all over Vietnam just to get at China
Strange affinity indeed.



as suspected, he sure replies and behaves like one.

where do I dismiss US war crimes? here chinese idiots. now your turn: give me sources, where the Japanese used chemical weapons on Chinese!

Ask The Vietnamese About War, And They Think China, Not The U.S.

At least 200,000 Chinese troops poured into northern Vietnam all along the border. China was aiming to punish Vietnam for its invasion of Cambodia the month before to oust the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge. There were so many Chinese attacking, Nguyen Duy Thuc remembers, that the soldiers in his bunker "fired our AK-47s until the muzzles turned red and they couldn't fire anymore."

But the Chinese kept coming; eventually his bunker was overrun. The Chinese, he says, pumped gas into the ventilation system. There were 800 people, including soldiers, women and children, who fled the fighting in his bunker, Nguyen says.

 

[Yingluck]

where do I dismiss US war crimes? here chinese idiots. now your turn: give me sources, where the Japanese used chemical weapons on Chinese!

Ask The Vietnamese About War, And They Think China, Not The U.S.

At least 200,000 Chinese troops poured into northern Vietnam all along the border. China was aiming to punish Vietnam for its invasion of Cambodia the month before to oust the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge. There were so many Chinese attacking, Nguyen Duy Thuc remembers, that the soldiers in his bunker "fired our AK-47s until the muzzles turned red and they couldn't fire anymore."

But the Chinese kept coming; eventually his bunker was overrun. The Chinese, he says, pumped gas into the ventilation system. There were 800 people, including soldiers, women and children, who fled the fighting in his bunker, Nguyen says.

China using Chemical weapon is likely fake news. Trust me, I research a lot in Sino Vietnam war.

It is funny that PLA want to pump gas in your bunker after overrunning it. Not the typical chemical weapon deployment.

The reason is you need chemical weapon unit to tag along these infantry. The infantry need to run far away when chemical weapon unit is doing their job. The infantry get collateral damage as well.

It is easier to use flame thrower.

 

[terranMarine]

China used chemical weapon on Vietnam? This is some very serious accusation, that nasty chimp better show everybody here reliable proof first.