Hersh,S. Against All Enemies. 1998
Hersh, Seymour M. Against All Enemies: Gulf War Syndrome -- The War Between
America's Ailing Veterans and Their Government. New York: Ballantine
Publishing Group, 1998. 103 pages.
The videos from nose-cone cameras in laser-guided smart bombs were
certainly impressive, and since the Pentagon censored reporting from the
front, there wasn't much else to watch. The Gulf War, with 147 deaths out
of 600,000 mobilized, marked the end of that accursed "Vietnam Syndrome."
Over the next seven years, the myths crumbled one by one. The smart-
bomb accuracy was about the same as conventional bombing, according to the
GAO, and by 1998 some 90,000 veterans complained of symptoms that became
known as "Gulf War Syndrome." The Pentagon insisted for years that it was
simply stress-related, but by now there are three strong candidates for
other causes: 1) low-level chemical exposure (including nerve and other
gases), either from destruction of Iraqi arms depots by uninformed U.S.
forces, or by (unconfirmed) Iraqi use in offensive warheads or shells;
2) the 630,000 pounds of depleted uranium shells that U.S. and British
forces fired at Iraqi tanks (troops were not advised about DU hazard control
or decontamination); and 3) the untested PB pills (pyridostigmine bromide)
that GIs were required to take (this was an antidote against soman, one of
several types of nerve gas believed to be in the Iraqi arsenal, and some GIs
got sick after taking them). Perhaps there's no such thing as an easy war.
ISBN 0-345-42748-3
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