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22. Chemical weapons are unreliable. They go where the wind sends them.

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 06:38 PM

Aug 2013

You might be aiming at an enemy and get your own troops.

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Were the drafters of international treaties banning chemical weapons stupid? [View all] geek tragedy Aug 2013 OP

Just to comment: The Nazis had no problem using them on civilians. NutmegYankee Aug 2013 #1

They didn't use them on the Russians or Poles, who had no air force and geek tragedy Aug 2013 #3

The Russians took tons of prisoners on the eastern front. NutmegYankee Aug 2013 #6

how many were allowed to survive? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #14

thx nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #17

I think that back in WWI PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #2

They were only tactically effective a handful of times, actually Posteritatis Aug 2013 #8

Good info. PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #12

World War I blueridge3210 Aug 2013 #34

An internatonal conferance on the Conventons of war should be convened ... Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #4

And Bush, and Clinton, and Reagan. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #9

Treaties are fine, but who is going to enforce them and how. Downwinder Aug 2013 #7

Times change Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #10

you think chemical weapons were banned because they were too effective? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #15

Yes they were very efficient in WWI Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #18

um geek tragedy Aug 2013 #19

Disagree with that heavily Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #24

Chemical weapons were not used at the onset of WWI Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #30

Chemical weapons are unreliable. They go where the wind sends them. Downwinder Aug 2013 #22

Trenches were not that close of proximity Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #25

ALL weapons of war should be banned, permanently. 99Forever Aug 2013 #20

+1 n/t FSogol Aug 2013 #27

Would they also say then that the use of Nuclear weapons is "the same"? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #28

If politically palatable, probably Posteritatis Aug 2013 #29

**facepalm** VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #31