Eli5: Why are chemical weapons banned?

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In war is ok to kill people but not kill them too much?

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They’re indiscriminate. They kill/harm everything on the deployed area: Soldiers, Civilians, your men, the enemy, your allies, Neutrals, humans, animals … you got the idea.

Also some weapons can polute a region for decades after its release, making vast areas uninhabitable way after the signing of any peace deal.

Lastly, they’re very likely to backfire.

So they cause too much damage and suffering for little tatical gain. This is so f up that many countries agreed to not use it.

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