Comments on: Military Burn Pits, Soldiers Cough and Choke, Toxic Smoke

By: Wil Robinson

Wil Robinson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:25:00 +0000

You’d think since you (or the proverbial “us” as taxpayers) are footing the bill, we’d have more say. For a “civilian run military,” the civilians really have little influence.

By: bosskitty

bosskitty — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:51:10 +0000

Great point Wil. I am just angry at repeated stupidity of greed, as Einstein put it so well, “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” As a taxpayer, I pay for the first mistake, I pay for analysis of both sides, then I pay for the cleanup and redo. Someone else is getting rich using this formula. On top of all that, endangering the health of anyone and anything in the vicinity, with impunity, is criminal in the eyes of the victims and brilliant in the eyes of the profiteer. This toxic behavior is the one we know about. What about all that crap they’ve gotten away with already?
Einstein again, “Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.”

By: Wil Robinson

Wil Robinson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:38:54 +0000

It strikes me as odd that such rampant burning – which would never be allowed in the US because people would complain (rightfully) about the pollution – goes on without a second thought overseas. It doesn’t really matter whether we burn here or there, it’s all the same air, so why the environmental double standards?