[mburbank]

I think anyone can agree that DU shrapnel would be a very bad deal. Breathing DU dust is also something I'd want to avoid. That being the case. The armies track record of being honest about the dangers radiation leaves some roomfor improvement. During the cold war we sent soldiers with no protective gear into Mushroom clouds in the Nevada desert. Far from thinking Radiation was safe, the purpose of sending them in there was to see how dangerous it was.

The army thought Agent Orange was perfectly safe, and in this case, I think they may have believed it for a while, just as it's possible they currently believe DU is safe.

Perhaps this guy should be in jail, concidering what he's confessed. I would think though, that you of all people would have more compassion for someone owning up to his sins. My assumption, though, is you think he's lying, or perhaps crazy. Who knows. If he's telling the truth it will all come out eventually, piece by ugly piece. My guess is there are no nice wars that are fought by the rules on either side. Even when war is fought as close to the rules as possible, it requires people to do terrible things that would surely damage any soul that was ever worth saving.