CBW Cause Extreme Dangers Chemical and Biological weapons are not a U.S. problem they are a global problem, and we need to start taking it more seriously and do something about it. Chemical and Biological weapons (CBW for short) are a very destructive and powerful kind of weapon that is wanted and created by many power seeking countries. They are often used as weapons of terror more so than weapons of justice (Patricia). The U.S. and many other countries do not seem to be backing down on the production of these weapons anytime soon. Chemical and Biological Warfare should be banned from use and production because it costs countries billions of dollars thus creating debt, can have potential to destroy humanity, and can be too influential in
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The ridiculous power of these weapons have definitely been displayed in past events such as bombings of cities. “one of the most well known use of nuclear weapons is when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and August 9th 1945.”(Reed). These weapons are infamously known for causing slow agonizing deaths to their victims. Germans used Mustard Gas in WWI to shoot canisters into trenches and Mustard Gas is known to destroy the victim's lungs and even for the ones that survive it they would have lasting problems for the rest of their lives. The art of attacking an enemy's civilian base to cripple them has been around since the 19th century (George). These weapons were increasingly used in the WWII era. Examples of use of CBW are Germans using Zyklon B to execute millions of jews, also in the 1930s Japan developed and tested biological weapons against prisoners in China (Lee). The Geneva Protocol which was created in 1925 is a treaty that bans the use of these weapons, bans stockpiling them, and transferring them. The U.S. was reluctant reluctant to ratify international agreements banning the use, production, and storage of chemical weapons and they did not ratify the Geneva protocol for almost 50 years (Lee). This is a perfect example of how you can see that the U.S. does not want these weapons to be gone. In the 1960s the U.S. …show more content…
The U.S. has spent billions of dollars countering terrorists and making our own chemical weapons. “Between the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and 2008, the end of the Bush presidency, the United States has spent $44 billion on bioterrorism weapons” (George). Chemical and Biological weapons are very destructive that whats make them so feared. no one who owns the weapons will use them in fear of a retaliation of the same caliber, this creates a cycle from which every country who wants to obtain military power must have chemical and biological weapons for their fear factor (Kramer). “The largest biological attack in the United States occurred in October 2001, where, according to the FBI, a single scientist at Fort Detrick sent a series of letters to journalists and politicians resulting in several deaths and a number of serious illnesses and about $5 billion to $6 billion of cleanup costs.” (Graham). Effects of these chemical and biological attacks have massive repercussive costs and should just be banned from use because they cost the country a ton to make and cost a ton when they are seldomly used and when they aren’t they are just there for intimidation
The ridiculous power of these weapons have definitely been displayed in past events such as bombings of cities. “one of the most well known use of nuclear weapons is when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and August 9th 1945.”(Reed). These weapons are infamously known for causing slow agonizing deaths to their victims. Germans used Mustard Gas in WWI to shoot canisters into trenches and Mustard Gas is known to destroy the victim's lungs and even for the ones that survive it they would have lasting problems for the rest of their lives. The art of attacking an enemy's civilian base to cripple them has been around since the 19th century (George). These weapons were increasingly used in the WWII era. Examples of use of CBW are Germans using Zyklon B to execute millions of jews, also in the 1930s Japan developed and tested biological weapons against prisoners in China (Lee). The Geneva Protocol which was created in 1925 is a treaty that bans the use of these weapons, bans stockpiling them, and transferring them. The U.S. was reluctant reluctant to ratify international agreements banning the use, production, and storage of chemical weapons and they did not ratify the Geneva protocol for almost 50 years (Lee). This is a perfect example of how you can see that the U.S. does not want these weapons to be gone. In the 1960s the U.S. …show more content…
The U.S. has spent billions of dollars countering terrorists and making our own chemical weapons. “Between the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and 2008, the end of the Bush presidency, the United States has spent $44 billion on bioterrorism weapons” (George). Chemical and Biological weapons are very destructive that whats make them so feared. no one who owns the weapons will use them in fear of a retaliation of the same caliber, this creates a cycle from which every country who wants to obtain military power must have chemical and biological weapons for their fear factor (Kramer). “The largest biological attack in the United States occurred in October 2001, where, according to the FBI, a single scientist at Fort Detrick sent a series of letters to journalists and politicians resulting in several deaths and a number of serious illnesses and about $5 billion to $6 billion of cleanup costs.” (Graham). Effects of these chemical and biological attacks have massive repercussive costs and should just be banned from use because they cost the country a ton to make and cost a ton when they are seldomly used and when they aren’t they are just there for intimidation