America's gift to human civilization

Uranium is found naturally in three isotopes, U238, U235, U234. U238 comprises about 99.2%, U235 about .7%, and U234 the rest. Bombs and cores for nuclear reactors are made from U235. When U235 is removed from a quantity of uranium ore, the remainder is called "depleted uranium." U238 has a radioactive half-life of around 4.5 billion years, meaning that if you have a pound of U238 now then in 4.5 billion years you'll still have half a pound of it left.

The American military discovered a use for this radioactive material: they make artillery shells, tank shells, and bullets from it. Because U238 is so dense, it penetrates armor; shells made from U238 are very useful on the battlefield. Of course, these shells disintegrate and burn when used, and the radioactive uranium is thus dispersed across the battlefield. These battlefields become contaminated with uranium and remain contaminated forever. As long as the earth exists these places will be contaminated by radiation. "Clean up" is totally unfeasible. The uranium particles mix with dust, dirt, soil, etc. They are incorporated into the bodies of living beings, animals and plants and humans. They end up in water tables and wells. They wash into streams and rivers. Once deposited, the uranium remains forever.

The United States used these weapons in its war against the people of Iraq, the ancient land of Mesopotamia where human civilization was born. The United States has now contaminated the cradle of civilization for all time to come. The results are appalling. The link below takes you to a documentary about the horrifying rise in birth defects the people of Iraq are now suffering. While you watch it, remember: this is only the beginning of suffering that will never end. The ancient land between the rivers, the home of Sumer and Akkad, the place where humans first learned to write, the land of Hammurabi and his laws--the cradle of human civilization is now contaminated for all time to come by radioactive uranium deposited there by American soldiers waging war on the people of Iraq. In the land of ancient Sumer, in the land of Ur of the Chaldees from which Abraham journeyed west to Palestine, America's legacy to the human race is endless misery, sickness, deformities, and death beyond any human power to ameliorate.


View the documentary here