During war though, most military units have the proper personal protective equipment to guard against a chemical attack. On a side note, if mixed with other agents, Chlorine has more lethal…
Statute U.S.C. § 678 provides that it is an unlawful act for any person to ‘knowingly develop, produce, otherwise acquire, transfer directly or indirectly, receive, stockpile, retain, own possess or use or threaten to use any chemical weapon’. Chemical weapon is defined as ‘a toxic chemical and its precursors …any chemical which through chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals…includes all such chemicals, regardless of their origin or of their method of production and regardless of whether they are produced in facilities, in munitions of elsewhere.’ Purposes not prohibited by the statute include ‘peaceful purposes – any peaceful purpose related to an industrial, agricultural,…
Operation Hotel California: Success despite Internal Failures July 10 2002, a daring and dangerous mission was undertaken in order to confirm and also combat terror groups that were suspected being in partnerships with Saddam Hussein prior to the 200 Invasion. During this mission the Northern Iraq Liaison Element (NILE) were assisted by members of the 10th Special Forces group in order to combat a terror group in Iraq as well as determine what their connection was to Saddam and if they were making weapons of mass destruction. (Dale 2008, pg.40) The NILE element executed this mission with little to no assistance from outside sources and most of their assistance came from Kurds, leading to a mission success in determining what the activities…
Agent Orange: The Lingering Killer Agent Orange was a powerful mixture of chemical defoliants used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War that has a lasting effect on Vietnam Veterans and their families as well as the Vietnam environment. Even though some people believe that Agent Orange helped to prevent communist domination of South Vietnam. I believe that Agent Orange should not have been used because of the side effects it has on Vietnam Veterans now. Vietnam claims half a million children have been born with serious birth defects, and three million Vietnamese have suffered health-related problems from exposure to Agent Orange.…
The Vietnam War continues to have lasting impacts even though the war ended more than forty-three years ago. The herbicides used during the Vietnam War can still be found in high traces in some places in Vietnam. The environmental impacts caused by Agent Orange and other herbicides than lead to many deadly illnesses for soldiers and local natives. The used of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War has effects millions of people and it will affect many more in the years to come.…
Agent Orange was a mixture of chemical defoliants used by the U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover for the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Before Agent Orange was used, a well-known professor warned the U.S. that the herbicide would be catastrophic to the region exposed. From 1960 to 1970, England, Italy and the U.S. confirmed the dangers of the defoliant for humans and animals. The differences in human illnesses will vary, as batches of chemicals made were not likely monitored. Therefore, it is highly unlikely to have identical batches making it difficult to compare and monitor.…
In document “Agent Orange,” it is said that this use of chemical weapon made it so that if a human was exposed to it, would cause “muscular dysfunction, birth defects, various cancers,” and more after that. Generations later children are now born with harmful disorders and defects that are still talked about to this day. Now chemical weapons weren’t the only weapon that was widely talked about. The use of Napalm which was a mixture of gasoline and liquid that stuck onto human skin and set aflame. In document 5 “ Use of Napalm,” it is said that napalm gradually melted the flesh off of the humans.…
George H.W Bush promised that there would be no new taxes, but as the national debt increased, Bush called for new taxes and urged people to reduce spending. This outraged many conservatives and people who had voted for him in hopes of lower taxes. As a result of the soaring tax rates, the economy fell into a recession in 1981. Unemployment rates went up and many businesses went bankrupt. I don’t think Bush handled this well at all.…
Legislative and background history regarding the Chemical Weapons Prohibition Act favors Dann’s construction of the word chemical weapon. Legislative history is the full record the accompanies the statute and can reveal its purpose or legislative intent. After the grievous consequences of using chemicals as weapons in WWI, Iran and Japan, the international treaty was enacted by the US in order to end the use of chemical weapons in warfare. Dann will use a purposivist approach to argue the treaty’s aim was to prevent chemical warfare and terrorism, not to deter local assaults. Dann can use the Committee Report of the Senate Armed Services Committee that implies the statute is concerned with ‘acts of war, assassination and terrorism’ to argue…
As bloody as any other wars, Vietnam War took away more than thousand lives, in which many of them were civilians. A lot of people were wounded and hundreds of thousands of children were left orphans. The war ruined both North and South of Vietnam. Agent Orange is the major herbicides used, it has left a serious ecological and human impact on Vietnamese people’s lives. Many veterans were supposedly exposed to Agent Orange and as of today, there are still many children in Vietnam growing up with various diseases, disabilities affected by the harmful chemicals carried out in the war.…
Although many people may refer to leaders like Hitler and Stalin as a madman but unlike those people I don’t think this leaders are mad. Many people are hesitant to accept these leaders’ cruelty and ruthlessness as the result of anything but insanity. But their actions doesn’t make them mad and in fact many historical analysts believe that mental illness cannot explain the actions of these leaders. Saddam’s upbringing and his years in power prove that he didn’t suffered any severe mental illness. Researchers believe that these three leaders can accurately be described as a malignant narcissist.…
The real World War I German scientist was the first experiment with to use chlorine gas in warfare in World War I. It was not sported at first until it killed 1100 soldiers, leading to a race between the military forces to see who can make the most deadly and effective gas. About 3000 gases were developed and only 50 or so had been used in war (Everts, 2015). The gasses became less effective in killing soldiers since gases masks quickly became developed.…
Anthony, It is true that Weapons of Mass Distraction or, WMD come in many divergent forms. That being said, there are many advantages to using a chemical, or biological weapons instead of a nuclear one. You made many horrific points throughout your post. he death total from a nuclear strike would for the most part be instant whereas a chemical one could infect more victims over a longer period of time.…
Chemical and biological warfare: A comprehensive survey for the concerned citizen. New York: Copernicus. Ganesan, K., Raza, S. K., & Vijayaraghavan, R. (2010). Chemical warfare agents. Classification of CW Agents, 1.…
Although its use has been strictly limited since the bombing of Japan by the US military. At the end of World War II, military analysts have serious concerns about the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. (Take the current Syrian conflict as an…