Troubled by a lack of detonation, and effectiveness, the Bush adminstration announced today that it was going to stop the program of making land Mines environmentally safe.  Instead, borrowing a quote from General George S. Patton, Bush Undersecretary Vi O. Lashun declared that hence forth "Dying for your country does not win wars.  Making the other poor dumb bastards die for their country is what wins wars!".

No longer will mines be made out of biodegradable wood ships, but will revert to using fragmentation metal for the most effective results.  In addition, the detonator will not be made out of a match and striking surface, but out of a more advanced mercury vapor switch.

Environmentalist were quick to condemn this move and point out that Mercury is a toxin that takes millions of years to break down, and poisons the food chain.  In addition they decried the fact that while wood chips decompose in less than 2 years, ones made of metal last for centuries.  They cited examples of cannon balls still being dug up in the American Revolutionary battlefields.

"It is not enough that they want to kill some freedom fighters who just want to get their point across," said spokesperson Wyatt U. Ded, "but now they are sacrificing field mice and rabbits just so that a few soldiers will not die.  It is heresy!".

A spokesman for the military referred all calls to the Undersecretary of defense but did say, off the record, "A mine is a terrible thing to waste."