it's been over thirty years

and we have still not cleaned up our mess in vietnam (not even mentioning fully taking care of our vietnam vets). can you imagine how many years iraq will be with us? our grandchildren's children or beyond?

Agent Orange work progresses in Vietnam
U.S. and Vietnam Take Steps to Contain Agent Orange Contamination at Old U.S. Air Base
BEN STOCKING
More than three decades after the Vietnam War, the United States and Vietnam have just completed temporary steps to contain dioxin contamination at a former U.S. air base in Danang. But the U.S. government, as well as U.S. foundations and corporations, should contribute more money to clean up the site permanently, members of a joint U.S.-Vietnamese working group on Agent Orange said Friday.
The panel members visited Vietnam this week to meet with U.S. and Vietnamese officials and see the containment work done in Danang, which was completed on Jan. 15.
It will cost at least $14 million to remove dioxin from the site, one of several Agent Orange "hot spots" in Vietnam, said the panel members, who are experts on the environmental, health and political consequences of the herbicide......