Agent Orange Lawsuit dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by 4 million Vietnamese people who claim that U.S. chemical companies committed war crimes by making Agent Orange for use during the Vietnam War.

The judge disagreed that chemicals such as Agent Orange could be considered poisons, and pointed out that the plaintiffs could not prove that Agent Orange caused their illnesses and disabilities.

10,000 U.S. veterans receive benefits for their Agent Orange disabilities. They had to go through hell to get those benefits, but just because the government finally relented on behalf of our veterans doesn't mean that Vietnames people with exactly the same symptoms can say that Agent Orange had anything to do with their disabilities. Of course not.

The case will be appealed, but cases involving Monsanto generally just go away.