In 1611 God’s angel descended from the heavens and gave man King James Bible. Flashforward 400 years: laser-guided Hellfire missiles, Euphrates running red with blood...
Uppskattningsvis en kvarts miljon amerikanska veteraner från första Gulfkriget lider av
Gulf War syndrom, enligt Wikipedia ett tillstånd med "serious consequences".
Från en artikel i
Huffington Post:
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Overall, the military has seen rates of neurological, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders rise 251 percent, 47 percent and 34 percent, respectively, according to a USA Today analysis of military morbidity records from 2001 to 2010.
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...Middle Eastern dust laden with toxic metals, bacteria and viruses, and surrounded by plumes of smoke rising from burn pits, a common U.S. military practice of burning feces, plastic bottles and other solid waste in open pits, often with jet fuel.
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...the clouds of thick smoke and wind-blown powdery dust in which he trained. “It was just nasty, dirty,” he said. “But we figured someone was looking out for us, so we just didn’t think about it.”
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...a January 1991 bombing raid on an Iraqi ammunition facility propelled a sarin gas plume more than 350 miles, exposing U.S. troops to low levels of the gas over the next several days.
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Anthony Hardie, a Gulf War Army special ops veteran, remembers hearing those nerve gas alarms. He also remembers an oil well fire, breathing dirty air and taking anti-nerve agent pills — which some studies have previously associated with Gulf War illness.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/07/gulf-war-syndrome-veterans_n_2634838.html
Det hela påminner om handlingen i filmen
Jacob's Ladder. Där söker en rad krigsveteraner från Vietnam svar på vad det är för hemskt som händer dom.
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Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: "The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you", he said. "They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and ... you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_Ladder_(film)
En i alla aspekter fruktansvärd film --->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6lHSvKD4uk