Report: Ecoconsciousness can help win wars | csmonitor.com

Report: Ecoconsciousness can help win wars

By Mark Clayton| Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor/ October 14, 2008 edition – “………………US Army commanders typically overlook environmental concerns in plans for operations overseas, says a new RAND Corporation study 

The conclusion: The US Army succeeds better when it’s a deeper shade of green……………………..

Commissioned by the Army Environ­mental Policy Institute (AEPI), the study examined the role environmental considerations and issues play in the Army’s “contingency operations” – long-term missions abroad that may involve conflict.

By being sensitive to environmental concerns, US Army can win hearts and minds of populace, but its record is spotty so far.

The RAND study refers only briefly to depleted uranium rounds. Past Monitor reports have found that using DU-tipped weapons to destroy enemy armor creates radioactive dust – as it has in Bosnia and in Iraq – that threatens soldiers and civilians. Some US veterans claim they were contaminated by DU residue.

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October 15, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war