Tuesday, April 9, 2013


“The Vietnam Syndrome”


Hitchens’ companion piece to James Natchwey’s photo essay of he impacts of Agent Orange n the Vietnamese in Vanity Fair, 2006.  He summarizes, “A rain from hell began falling about forty years ago. Unto how many unborn generations?” 


Links to Jame Natchwey's "Witness" site and the Vanity Fair photos:






New Learning: 12 million gallons of Agent Orange were poured on Vietrnam.

New Phrase: lusus naturae = “a sport of nature” or a term used for irredeemably deformed people

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