Political Motivation

[Watchman]

True,but when have US or British troops used chemical or biological weapons in combat.

The interwar period AFAIK, unless you count irritants like tear gas (saw some use in 'Nam AFAIK) and "collateral damage" effects from, say Agent Orange.

You know why armies don't normally bother even trying that gunk against each other ? Because since WW1 every single properly equipped and trained one made sure its soldiers knew the basic countermeasures and had at least rudimentary protective equipement, which by itself already pretty much negates the purely military usefulness of biochemical weapons. Quite simply, the results are not worth the trouble and effort that goes into deploying the stuff in combat.

Even freaking tear gas is illegal under international law. Tear gas? Come on,police use that stuff specifically to take felons and offenders alive. But a lot of chemical and biological agents can still cause severe damage to the environment and life itself,even way past the expiration date.

Did you know, the spiral into the nightmarish gas warfare of WW1 actualy escalated from the use of tear gas against bunkers...?

It does sound crazy,but it works nonetheless. Look again at the Marine barracks in Beruit and the bombing of the WTC back in '91 or '92,I think.
Siucide squad drives a bomb someplace in a truck or van and blows that someplace up.

Terrorist movements also have a lot easier time finding people to carry out such kamikaze attacks with than regular armies... Not to mention that it's *way* easier to put together enough conventional explosives "on scene" than drive them, nevermind now a damn nuke, over the bloody border - especially one as tense as that between Iraq and Kuwait.

The point of the exercise would also be very questionable anyway.

I fear this is starting to become another pro-war/anti-war debate,which had nothing to do with my original motivation here.

Given that your original topic was all about politics in general and those around the Iraq war in particular, I don't see where you get away trying to play martyr.
Don't tell me you're surprised the discussion soon veered this way, especially as IIRC you've been one of the main instigators of that.