Why are chemical weapons outlawed by the Geneva Conventions?
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Chemical weapons were banned shortly after WWI. At the time they were simply considered barbaric and psychologically devastating, however they also were known to be not really that effective, and their effectiveness was often grossly exaggerated by just about everyone. But everyone really hated them.
While they were banned in war, its more the stigma against them that keeps them from being used. No one is really willing to break what seems to be a pretty significant “rule” in the world for about 100 years.
In modern sense, any modern military can *easily* (and I mean VERY easily) defend against chemical attacks on their troops and train for it. They simply would not be particularly effective, outside of special cases. Pretty much all modern militaries have more or less silently agreed that since we can all defend against chemicals, there’s no reason to use them, so also at the same time, you generally don’t have to equip troops for defense of them– its one of those things that, yeah if you use it you may get one shot, then we’ll defend it, but its not worth it and everyone just said we’ll not use them.
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