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reference? bomb tonnage dropped does tend to be  something that has more than a touch of propaganda about it.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Feb 14th, 2008 at 06:37:25 PM EST
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"Know" was probably the wrong word. "Vaguely remember" would have been more fitting. After searching around for a bit I think I mixed it up with this

The Pentagon will gladly supply, on request, such information {10} as the quantity of ordnance expended in Indochina. From 1965 through 1969 this amounts to about four and a half million tons by aerial bombardment. This is nine times the tonnage of bombing in the entire Pacific theatre in the Second World War, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Next time I'll check my sources before posting...

Wait this is important. Someone is wrong on the Internet.

by generic on Fri Feb 15th, 2008 at 08:37:31 AM EST
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Yes, but the targeting was really lousy. Lots of holes in the jungle.
by Francois in Paris on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 12:39:38 AM EST
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