War is a period of time in which lines between right and wrong are blurred. When you’re up against a claimed enemy, the cost of their lives is the price you must pay in order to further your goal. Sometimes we don’t always know what consequences will follow our actions, but in this case, the price of war has followed on throughout generations and generations of people. Leaving a lasting effect on not only the claimed “enemies” but also on them as well.
In the Vietnam War, beginning on November 1, 1955 and lasting until April 30, 1975, the Vietnamese soldiers would use the heavily forested area in their country to their advantage. Knowing the area well, they were able to move through the forest undetected which was a huge advantage to them, because they were able to attack unsuspecting American soldiers. In order to destroy this advantage, American soldiers released a toxic cocktail of rainbow herbicides, most notably a chemical called Agent Orange, in order to destroy the plant life that hid and protected the soldiers so well.
However, one was not to know at the time that the herbicide, Agent Orange, was to kill not only the plant life, but the soldiers as well, and not just the enemy soldiers. You see, Agent …show more content…
Especially because a lot of birth defects (cleft lips, heart conditions, organ issues, physical disfigurement, etc.) require very expensive surgeries and constant medical attention in order to repair. Plus, veterans of the Vietnam War are paid a sum of money each month to aid in their survival and their family’s survival, which is a cost all on its own. The Us has also gone about cleaning up areas still considered toxic with Agent Orange, though it still affects the environment greatly, as crops aren’t able to grow in certain areas, which has an effect on the livestock, and, of course, the
In the Vietnam War, beginning on November 1, 1955 and lasting until April 30, 1975, the Vietnamese soldiers would use the heavily forested area in their country to their advantage. Knowing the area well, they were able to move through the forest undetected which was a huge advantage to them, because they were able to attack unsuspecting American soldiers. In order to destroy this advantage, American soldiers released a toxic cocktail of rainbow herbicides, most notably a chemical called Agent Orange, in order to destroy the plant life that hid and protected the soldiers so well.
However, one was not to know at the time that the herbicide, Agent Orange, was to kill not only the plant life, but the soldiers as well, and not just the enemy soldiers. You see, Agent …show more content…
Especially because a lot of birth defects (cleft lips, heart conditions, organ issues, physical disfigurement, etc.) require very expensive surgeries and constant medical attention in order to repair. Plus, veterans of the Vietnam War are paid a sum of money each month to aid in their survival and their family’s survival, which is a cost all on its own. The Us has also gone about cleaning up areas still considered toxic with Agent Orange, though it still affects the environment greatly, as crops aren’t able to grow in certain areas, which has an effect on the livestock, and, of course, the