Agent Orange Relief For Vietnam?

[allan]

Agent Orange Relief for Vietnam?

H.R. 2634, which was authored for Representative Filner by the Vietnam Relief and Responsibility Campaign, many of whose members are U.S. veterans of the war, authorizes the creation of programs throughout Vietnam to deliver an appropriate level of medical assistance to the victims, and provide much needed home, respite and daycare services as well.

One component of the bill, moreover, would authorize “assistance to repair and rebuild substandard homes in Vietnam for covered individuals,” as well as proposed funding for the long overdue clean-up of “those areas in Vietnam that continue to contain high levels of dioxin,” a program of critical importance to public health issues associated with on-going exposure to these deadly toxins.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/03/agent-orange-relief-for-vietnam/

[Chuck75]

I have mixed feelings about H.R. 2634. I don't believe that the majority of people hurt by agent orange residuals are at any fault.

However, the "winning side" was and is, since they caused chaos and the war in Vietnam.

Since we pulled out of Vietnam, for mainly political reasons, and the winning side is was not us,are we in any way obligated?

Perhaps some on the moral side. Given that the government and the VA are still shortchanging our own veterans that were exposed,

why should we even consider citizens of Vietnam any more worthy? Politics? World opinion? Combating China? What exactly?