In war is ok to kill people but not kill them too much?
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Chemical weapons have zero discriminations between combatants and non-combatants. You can argue that soldiers will kill non-combatants of course, but they at least have the ability to decide.
If you just drop a bunch of chemicals on an area, you’re not even attempting to avoid the non-combatants.
Chemical weapons also prevent your own army from existing in the area, sometimes for long periods after the use.
Furthermore, if people propagate chemical weapons, they can be extremely dangerous even in small quantities which means they could fall into the wrong hands easily.
They’re just all around too risky and dangerous to use.
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