Chapter 4553 List of Defendants

Lin Feng's "remarks on compensation" received applause from the entire court. Of course, it also attracted Hugh Grant’s hateful look.

"Your Honor, as far as I'm concerned," Lin Feng was about to speak, but was interrupted by Monsanto's lawyer.

"Your Honor, I think there is one biggest mistake in this lawsuit, and that is that the plaintiff is not suing anyone." Monsanto's lawyer said loudly, "As we all know, our company produces 'Agent Orange,' but our company is a U.S. company." The production was commissioned by the **, and the one who sprayed Agent Orange was the U.S. Air National Guard. It can be said that our company is only responsible for the production, and I think that if there is a person behind the scenes in this matter, it should be the military. If they were the perpetrators, they should be the Air National Guard who sprayed Agent Orange. We are the producers of Agent Orange. Although we are also responsible, we should not be the only defendant. If you want to accuse, you should accuse the military and the pilots who sprayed 'Agent Orange' at that time." "Novel" The novel chapters are updated the fastest.

There was an uproar in the courtroom. In the past few days of court hearings, Monsanto has been arguing with Lin Feng's lawyers about the dangers of Agent Orange without mentioning the military at all. Now it is pointing the finger at the military. What is Monsanto going to do? Do you want to make this matter bigger and bigger? If it really gets serious, how will this matter end?

Does Monsanto want to use this to force Lin Feng to retreat?

"Your Honor, although 'Agent Orange' was commissioned by the military and sprayed by the Air National Guard, for these poor innocent Vietnamese children, they are an extremely vulnerable group, and they went to sue the United States. This is It’s not something that the U.S. can make in the end. But Monsanto is a company. From a rational point of view, it is easier to seek compensation from Monsanto, and this is in line with the legal definition. The terms of the best debt collector. What's more, from a strict legal perspective, the United States should bear the moral condemnation. "Ron stood up and retorted, "And even if the United States should compensate, it does not affect my client's right. Monsanto’s accountability!”

"Your Honor, if we want to compensate these Vietnamese deformed children, then it would be unfair to let one of our companies compensate. Therefore, I think that if we want to compensate, then we must let three parties compensate, not just one of us." The company must pay compensation! This is unfair and inconsistent with the spirit of fairness in American law!" Monsanto's lawyer said loudly, "Your Honor, if this trial is to continue, then there must be a list of three parties. The list of military personnel who commissioned our company to produce 'Agent Orange' during the Vietnam War, and the list of pilots assigned to perform the mission at that time! They should all be called defendants!"

The judge took the list with a frown, opened it, and frowned immediately.

"Jury, we need to discuss the temporary addition of names to the defendant list proposed by Monsanto. The court is temporarily adjourned!" The judge knocked the gavel and temporarily left the court.

There was an uproar in the court;

They are all speculating on what kind of list Monsanto submitted, which would cause the court to be so embarrassed that it would simply adjourn the case. Who is this military general? Everyone is speculating about the military general who was famous on the battlefield in Vietnam.

General William Westmoreland was the top commander of the United States in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He was an airborne soldier. He was the commander of the airborne regiment during the Korean War and the youngest president of West Point Military Academy. He has a cold personality and is good at using the most cruel and cold-blooded massacre methods to deal with guerrilla tactics. The reason why the Vietnam War later aroused the opposition of the American people and forced the withdrawal of troops was because of General William Westmoreland's cold-blooded massacre, which caused the situation in Vietnam to get out of control and led to scenes of atrocities in Vietnam. appeared, causing concern among the American people, and they eventually withdrew their troops.

It can be said that the military authorizer of Agent Orange was none other than General William Westmoreland. Moreover, General William Westmoreland passed away the year before last, in 2005. He can also be the best candidate to take the blame. But will the US government allow General William Westmoreland to take the blame?

What exactly does Monsanto want to do with this move? If this matter gets too big, it will be of no benefit to anyone.

At this moment, the inner court.

"Everyone, what do you think should be done now?" The judge handed the list submitted by Monsanto to many juries.

After everyone saw it, they all exclaimed.

"Is Monsanto going to completely break up the situation? Is it going to turn the United States upside down?" Several jury members couldn't help but exclaimed.

This list is really shocking. Monsanto is completely shameless.

"Do you have any suggestions for the current situation?" The judge stopped everyone's exclamations and scoldings.

"Your Honor, we believe that the best way now is to call both sides in for negotiation. If this fight continues, it is unpredictable what situation it will bring to the entire United States." After some deliberations, many jurors gave give their answers.

The judge nodded, and then ordered Lin Feng, Hugh Grant, and the lawyers from both sides to be called in.

"Everyone, based on the current situation, I propose that you both settle out of court, and I will negotiate to help you deal with this matter. Monsanto will provide a sum of compensation to compensate these Vietnamese deformed children, so that this matter can end." The judge said. Looking at Ron and saying.

Ron glanced at Lin Feng solemnly, and then said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if you can let me see Monsanto's defendant list."

The judge nodded and handed the defendant list to Ron. After reading it, Ron's face became more solemn, and then he handed it to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng exclaimed when he saw it.

In this court, the name of General William Westmoreland, who everyone guessed, was prominently listed, but it was not the most prominent one. There were several more prominent lists above it. For example, Robert McNamara, the then US Secretary of Defense, was the longest-serving, most controversial and probably the most influential Secretary of Defense in modern American history.

Famous events such as the Berlin Wall Crisis, the Bay of Pigs Incident, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the escalation of the Vietnam War all occurred during his tenure in 1961-1968, at the peak of the US-Soviet Cold War, and left a deep mark on McNamara. Because of his leading role in the Vietnam War, that unpopular war that had a profound impact on American society was even called "McNamara's War."

Of course, 30 years after the Vietnam War, McNamara, who once led the war, also confessed and admitted that he was wrong. We were wrong, we were terribly wrong.

And there are two more lists above Robert McNamara's list. One is President Lyndon Johnson, who initiated the Vietnam War. This is the 36th President of the United States who resigned because of the Vietnam War. He is a highly ranked American president in American history. His achievements mainly include the passage of the Medicare system, the Medicaid system, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. However, his biggest stain is the Vietnam War. It was he who started the Vietnam War, expanded the Vietnam War, and launched the infamous Operation Rolling Thunder.

Operation Rolling Thunder was a bombing operation against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from March 2, 1965 to November 1, 1968 by the 2nd Air Division of the United States Air Force (later the Seventh Air Force of the United States), the United States Navy and the Republic of Vietnam Air Force. It was an indiscriminate bombing of targets, like rolling over a minefield, a very barbaric and bloody plan of bombing layer by layer. Of course, this plan failed in the end because of the presence of Soviet and Chinese personnel on the ground in Vietnam at that time. Otherwise, this will surely become the ugliest military plan in human history.

Of course, like the late General William Westmoreland, the 36th President of the United States died of illness on January 22, 1973. The person is dead, and the tea is cold.

As for the first person on the list, it is the current President of the United States, Bush, who Lin Feng is very familiar with. As for why Bush is on the list, it is also written very clearly here, because Bush was one of the pilots who sprayed "Agent Orange", also known as "defoliant".

The so-called defoliant is an industrially synthesized poison. Its function is to kill plants or make their leaves fall off overnight.

In Vietnam, almost 1/3 of the country's total land is covered by tropical evergreen forests and subtropical deciduous forests. In 1967-1971, in order to prevent attacks by Vietnamese guerrillas, the US military began to use chemical defoliants in coastal areas of Vietnam to protect ships and "personnel" safety. The "Agent Orange" produced by Monsanto is the most rapid and violent defoliant among the defoliants, and it is also the most harmful and has the greatest sequelae.

President Bush was a pilot at the time and sprayed Agent Orange, which was an extremely safe and important job, and a very bright side of his military resume. This was also an arrangement made by the Bush family to let Bush join the army to increase his personal resume. But no one expected that Agent Orange would be so harmful and would cause such great harm to the Vietnamese, and the adverse effects of the Vietnam War later made Bush's resume, which should have added glory, become a stain on his life.

So, Bush quietly left the army later, and this experience was also artificially hidden. And this is also the reason why Bush was repeatedly ridiculed by the outside world for his Vietnam War military resume being forged when he ran for the US presidency. In fact, Bush really served in the army and went to the Vietnam battlefield. However, the result was very disgraceful.

Monsanto wants to drag these four people into the water, which is a bit troublesome!

"Mr. Lin, I think none of us wants this matter to get bigger and bigger, so why don't you two negotiate to resolve it." The judge said sincerely.

This involves the current president of the United States, the former president who has passed away, a living secretary of defense, and a deceased general. If this gets out of hand, the US government will lose face. To be continued...