In Vietnam, Old Foes Take Aim at War's Toxic Legacy - washingtonpost.com: "Push for Compensation
This is the legacy that the Vietnam war leave behind, children with discapacities and disform. In 1991, Congress authorized assistance for American veterans believed to be suffering from dioxin (Agent Orange) side effects. The legislation noted that conclusive links between illness and the agent remained unknown, that allowed the United States to effectively sidestep a de facto admission of guilt in Vietnam and avoid offering compensation to Vietnamese Victims.
One group of victims has already made a push for compensation, filing a lawsuit in New York against the chemical companies that produce Agent Orange. The Vietnamese case was dismissed last year, but an appeal hearing is expected next month. I think that the best thing United States should do is give this innocent people the help they need, almost all the ones that are suffering this side effect are children who were not in the war, but they got contaminated because of their parents exposure to the dioxin.
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