I've no clue where else to ask but here. I am so tired with the US centrism. r Europe is unusable due to the amount of hyper-nationalists. I legit wouldn't be surprised it they were yanks larping as Europeans, but I know Europe has plenty of such too...

In a period of 9 years between 1964 and 1973, in a secret CIA campaign costing $50 billion (in 2024 rates) (Operation Barrel roll) run from Thailand killed 200,000 indiscriminately which is approximately 10% of Lao's population. A further 20% of Lao's population was wounded and 40% was homeless and had to flee due to the bombing.

More than 260 million bombs were dropped (2,500,000,000KG of ordnance) over the 9 years which equates to more than 3300 bombs dropped every hour with no breaks for 9 years straight.

The Prime Minister of Thailand at the time described the bombing as more than the equivalent of a Hiroshima nuclear bomb dropped on Laos every single week (for 9 years straight).

Up to 80 million of the bombs failed to detonate when dropped so there are millions of U detonated bombs lying around Laos as hidden landmines that has killed over 20,000 civilians since the war has ended (40% of them children) with many more losing limbs and disfigurement.

Millions of unexploded bombs still remain and in 2024, there are already 21 reported casualties and many more injured from the bombs.

Laos is the most bombed country on Earth that no one talks about.