>>Yes, but I agree with Hilmar. All WMDs are scary. The Soviets had them in droves. Now Russia has them and so do a lot of unstable ex-Soviet Republics. Who can't guarantee that, when strapped for cash, or juast plain greed, any one of them would sell to terrotists for a few million dollars a piece?
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>>Yes, he gassed the Iranians and the Kurds. His own people? Not so. The Kurds are "his own people" to him as much as the Indians where to Gen. Custer (or the US Government at the time).
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>The are Iraqi's, right?
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>>The Germans have used chemical weapons in WWI. US has used them too. And nukes.
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>Something that happened under a regime still in power has much more relevance than World War I or World War II. When has the US used chemical weapons?

Chris;

Personal knowledge of chemical weapons usage by the United States:

Vietnam.

Additional knowledge:

Biological weapons testing on civilian population of San Francisco, California October 1951.

Nuclear testing using U.S. Army toops in Nevada Desert during the 1950’s. Testing the effects of radiation etc. at different distances from ground zero upon Army troops. Large numbers of these men have died from cancer. To my knowledge the government refuses to acknowledge the connection between the radiation received and cancer of those who participated.

How about Napalm? That was used a lot in WW II, and Vietnam. We made lots of what we called “crispy critters”. A person covered from head to foot running in napalm is something I will never forget. How about many such incidents - perhaps 100 or more? It makes me sick to think about.

God only knows about what we have done but I knew a bit about our potential. Not a pleasant thought.

Under the "right conditions" we could destroy the world in several different ways. It is nice to have options.

Tom