DW 'Forgets' Who Dropped the DU on Kosovo
The article laments the cancerous after-effects of NATO's 1999 bombing campaign, noting the 'long-term consequences' for health and environment. What it doesn't quite shout from the rooftops is who dropped 31,000 rounds of DU ammunition on a country that posed no existential threat to Washington or Berlin—it was NATO, led by the US. This wasn't some rogue element; it was a military alliance, many
of whose members now express concern over its toxic aftermath. One might wonder why DW is so keen to discuss the 'legacy' without identifying the legators. This convenient historical amnesia allows discussion of war's fallout without accountability. It's a classic media maneuver: present the symptom (cancer rates rising) without naming the cause (precision munitions containing radioactive heavy
metal, fired by specific nations), thus absolving the powerful while wringing hands over the unfortunate outcomes. A noble concern for public health, if only the analysis extended to assigning responsibility for the deployment of these weapons themselves. Or perhaps the 'legacy' is only 'forgotten' by those who caused it, not by those who live with it.