Statement from President Joe Biden on Completing the Destruction of the United Statesā€™ Chemical Weapons Stockpile | The White House
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For more than 30 years, the United States has worked tirelessly to eliminate our chemical weapons stockpile. Today, I am proud to announce that the United States has safely destroyed the final munition in that stockpileā€”bringing us one step closer to a world free from the horrors of chemical weapons.Ā Successive administrations have determined that theseā€¦

For more than 30 years, the United States has worked tirelessly to eliminate our chemical weapons stockpile. Today, I am proud to announce that the United States has safely destroyed the final munition in that stockpileā€”bringing us one step closer to a world free from the horrors of chemical weapons.Ā Successive administrations have determined that theseā€¦

  • atlhart@kbin.social
    4Ā·
    2 years ago

    In principle, these type of weapons are immoral even in war. Weā€™re talking about things like mustard gas, chlorine gas, sarin gas. Nerve agents that are incredibly cruel and painful. They painfully, sometimes slowly, kill or incapacitate indiscriminately.

    I think in practice warfare and weaponry have changed enough that the U.S. military feels it can wage war more effectively without these type of weapons.