Implanted chips in American troops?

[other one]

Yeah, I'm with you on them pills, too. That's another thing I never took over there in Afghan- the malaria pills, or whatever they were. Anti-chemical weapon pills, or something like that.

The last I heard, the VA was doing studies on the Gulf War Syndrome. It was the DA which was draggin it's feet on it. Congress recognized the fact that something was going on and authorized some studies some years back, but I haven't heard of any results on the tests yet.

I think some people have concluded that it was either shell shock, or whatever they are calling it these days, or some kind of reaction to some sand fleas.

Personally, I still think it has something to do with the pills or the disposal of some chemical/ biological weapons at the time. Maybe both.

t.

Ted, I have some acquaintances that tell me that some in the VA are seriously looking at depleted uranium as a possible cause of the gulf war syndrome. I would not know one way or the other, but just about everything I read about DU is not good.

s

[ted]

Yeah, I'm with you on them pills, too. That's another thing I never took over there in Afghan- the malaria pills, or whatever they were. Anti-chemical weapon pills, or something like that.

The last I heard, the VA was doing studies on the Gulf War Syndrome. It was the DA which was draggin it's feet on it. Congress recognized the fact that something was going on and authorized some studies some years back, but I haven't heard of any results on the tests yet.

I think some people have concluded that it was either shell shock, or whatever they are calling it these days, or some kind of reaction to some sand fleas.

Personally, I still think it has something to do with the pills or the disposal of some chemical/ biological weapons at the time. Maybe both.

t.

Ted, I have some acquaintances that tell me that some in the VA are seriously looking at depleted uranium as a possible cause of the gulf war syndrome. I would not know one way or the other, but just about everything I read about DU is not good.

s

Yes, that is another thing they are looking at. The problem is that DU tipped rounds are still being used currently in Iraq and Afghanistan and there is no massive number of sick troops like there was in the first gulf war.

So far, there is no real correlation between DU and what people are calling Gulf War Syndrome, although DU is not pretty stuff.

The studies thus far are sort of looking into whether there was a "bad batch" of DU used in the first Iraq invasion or if was handled differently back then.

Personally, I think it may have something to do with exposure to the WMD icky stuff that Iraq had prior to the first invasion and the way it was disposed of- but I have no real proof to back it up.

And Follower, you ain't bringing anyone down!

t.

[other one]

I see your point, I had wondered about this myself..... not being there makes it a bit harder to get a grip on.

Are there any shots that the first gulf war people got that the later troops didn't get????

[ted]

I see your point, I had wondered about this myself..... not being there makes it a bit harder to get a grip on.

Are there any shots that the first gulf war people got that the later troops didn't get????

I'm not sure, Sam.

Anthrax was given in both cases, I think- same with Small Pox.

The pills seem to be the difference, as they were not given after the first gulf war, that I know of.

If I remember correctly, the pills were to prevent the effects of chemical weaponry.

Or, maybe it was biological weapons. I can't remember. The idea was to take them something like 6 hours before an attack for them to be effective, but that begged the question- Just how do we know when an attack will come and how can we guess that 6 hours before it happens? LOL.

In true military fashion, they just ended up telling everyone to take them anyway. Probably as a way to test the results and effects they may have had on those taking them.

Guinea pigs, if you will, albeit unknowing of the process.

I wasn't in the fist gulf war, though, so I can't really say what exactly the troops were exposed to over there.

I was over in Korea, fighting off the effects of the soju tents....

t.