In
Wilcox's reading, Wilcox discusses the perpetuation of the effects that
chemical warfare has to this day in various forms, which I find to be
disturbing because it is the consequence of events that have happened decades
ago; sort of like how civilians are picking up the remnants or are living
through the remnants of the past. In "Ecocide", Wilcox discusses the
specifics of chemical warfare such as Agent Orange, how though it was thought
to have cleared out forests temporarily instead ended up having a permanent
effect such as the forest's inability to grow and the effect on its people,
ranging from developing cancers amongst those directly affected to those born
with birth defects. Devastating enough, it is expected for there to be at least
three to four generations of children affected by the effects of Agent Orange.
Though like mentioned that chemical warfare seems like a topic in the past, it persists
today in the form of undetonated bombs and land mines all of Cambodia and such,
blowing limbs and killing people still to this day.
The
United States has had many flaws when it comes to the environment and its destruction that is not only the environment itself but the people as well.
Modern-day examples that can be referenced to is Flint, Michigan and their
water crisis – where people are exposed to lead poisoning. In short, does the United States use chemical warfare to essential kill?
Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=land+mines+cambodia+people&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS700US701&sxsrf=ALeKk01y8ZVVfAX8wxeySTCm0zZpQSMEsg:1582475453909&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_6K66jOjnAhXtoFsKHdCGBzAQ_AUoAXoECA4QAw&biw=1536&bih=679#imgrc=nObUlnsnLVIfBM
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