Inhumane Use Of Chemical Weapons

Chemical Attacks are among some of the most serious, and in my opinion, savage attacks that humans can inflict on each other. To use a weapon that kills people slowly or only makes people ill seems inhumane. This is likely why the use and manufacture of chemical weapons has halted. The international community as an inhumane way to wage war looks at the use of chemical weapons. I realize that there is likely no “humane” way to wage war, but the use of chemical weapons kills so many non-combatants that the use of this type of weapon seems archaic.

It was shown, by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Saddam regime did not abandon a chemical weapons program. They believed a chemical weapons program to be an effective weapon against