Why Are Chemical Weapons More Repugnant Than Explosives?

Syrian soldier aims an AK-47

Although killing  ~100,000 people in the current Syrian conflict with conventional weapons is disturbing, recent public condemnation of  ~1500 deaths due to poison gas has been much more strident. Even Hitler forbade the use of chemical weapons in warfare (if not in civilian genocide).

Read this informative NY Times article: A Weapon Seen as Too Horrible, Even in War – NYTimes.com.

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