How To Get Rid Of Biological And Chemical Warfare

The soldiers have constantly experienced their friends being killed right in front of them with the most gruesome death. The soldiers being shot by a machine gun.

The first World War has been reported to be one of the most brutal wars in the history of time for many reasons. One of those reasons was strategic usage of chemical warfare. Chemical gas was used on both sides of the line, which turned out to be fatal for many. World War I was mostly fought in the trenches, where soldiers lived in deep, v-shaped holes or underground bunkers. Both sides would occupy these trenches in order to escape from the constant stream of bullets. These battles often ended in a standoff, or tie, which helped the introduction of a different, brand new style of fighting that included the use of chemicals. These chemicals had a range of

“We were told, ‘it’s totally safe and it won’t hurt you at all,” he added. “We were told you can drink it, you can brush your teeth with it, or you can bathe in it. It won’t hurt you. Those were lies.” (“U.S. Soldiers Sprayed Agent Orange across Korea” 1) Agent Orange was an herbicide used by the United States military forces in Vietnam between 1962 and 1971 to destroy their enemies’ food supply, land, and protection. Twelve million gallons of this toxin were sprayed. (Department of Preventive Medicine 1) It affected the Vietnamese and the American troops who were fighting in the same jungle. Little did the United States military know the effects of this dangerous herbicide. It caused many long-term complications, including health problems

“Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Soviet Union and the United Kingdom were among many countries that investigated how to wage biological war.” (pg. 38) Some of these countries have biological weapons programs and even some biological weapons have been used in the past. A Russian program “known to the Soviets as “the Concern Bioreparat”, supposedly a series of laboratories and plants that manufactured vaccines and other medicinal products, was in fact a vast network of secret cities, production plants of Moscow’s germ effort. Bioreparat studied and perfected germs as weapons. President Richard Nixon’s administration became the “world’s leading advocate for a treaty banning germ warfare. Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention- prohibited the possession of deadly biological agents except for research…for vaccines, detection and protective gear. It was the world’s first treaty to ban an entire class of weapons.” (pg. 63) April 1979, an explosion at a secret military base near Soviet city of Sverdlovsk, sent a cloud of Bacillus anthracis fanning over a nearby village, leaving thousands dead. Although the Soviets, had signed the treaty, they denied allegations that this was “nothing more nefarious than tainted meat.” (pg. 77) During the Gulf War, for example, biological weapons developed by Iraq posed a threat and they might, if fact still pose a threat. While US went in search of nuclear

Military fatalities were minimized as the war dragged on due to counter-measures (gas masks) and better tactics to mitigate the effects of chemical weapons. After WWI, popular opinion pushed most countries to sign the Geneva Protocol which banned the use of chemical weapons. Use of chemical weapons since WW I has been minimal, but periodically it has been used during such conflicts as the Iran-Iraq War and the current Syrian Civil War.

When dreams turn to nightmares, most individuals have sights of monsters hiding underneath their bed or a scene of themselves between lowered into a vat of garter snakes. However war-stricken victims nightmares become a tangible reality with the use of napalm. Since World War II, the use of napalm has not only taken the lives of innocent bystanders but expanded the limitless boundary of the brutality of war and unlike chemical weapons. Without an enforced world wide ban, the expansion of this inhuman substance will continue to capture the lives of innocent civilians.

These biological agents could be viruses, toxins, bacteria, etc. Agents could be used in war or terrorist attacks. Also, they could be modified to cause extreme diseases and disorders, according to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention. It makes bioterrorism even more tempting to use as it is easy and inexpensive to produce, disseminate and can cause a more widespread panic than other acts of terrorism (1).

The warfare of WWI affected society by causing crucial pain to many soldiers.Many soldiers came home limping and blind.When soldiers came home wives and children were distraught to see them in this condition. Everyone did not have hope in the United States winning this war anymore. One reason the soldiers came home blind was because of poisonous gas. The gas would slowly asphyxiate the soldiers, and the wind will blow the gas towards the villages where the civilians lived. So since the gas would spread to the villages the civilians would suffer for no reason. But, this is sort of the soldiers fault because they used this gas but it is not really their fault for the wind blowing the gas.

“The war to end all wars,” or as it is more commonly known, World War I, was one the most devastating wars the world has ever seen. There were a total of 40 million casualties, including civilians and military personnel. Some of the brutal weapons used in the war included machine guns, flamethrowers, mortars, tanks and poison gas. Out of these, poison gas especially is morally wrong and inhumane which is why it should not have been used in World War I. Poison gas is extremely dangerous and painful if inhaled, which why it is so morally wrong and has adverse effects on war.

World War 1 was know as “the chemists war” so they are many chemicals going in the air that it cause deaths. The usage of poison gas was war crime and it prohibited the usage of poison or poisoned weapons. The most effective gas was mustard gas. Mustard gas was used to trouble and disable the enemy and contaminate the front. The gas also caused internal and external bleeding, leaving. Poison gas blinded eyes, i can see the victims fighting for breath saying their throats are closing and they know they're going to die of choking.

Thinking back to the days of one’s youth, one might recall taking a family trip to the local amusement park during the warmer months of summer. Standing, walking, or even running, one can spend hours underneath the beating heat of the sun. Moving from ride to ride, families pass by tents spraying mists of cooling, refreshing water to help soothe the pain from standing out in the sun. Children run back and forth through the mist, laughing with excitement. There is hardly a care in the world when the family is having so much fun. Now replace the amusement park with the jungles of Vietnam, and the tent, now a two engine C-123 cargo plane, sprays deadly chemicals instead of harmless water on the young American soldiers stationed there. This was the situation many Vietnam veterans were placed in during the conflict in Vietnam, and they were clueless and unprepared for the aftereffects of the chemicals sprayed across the battlefields. The chemical that was being sprayed across Vietnam was a potent herbicide that came to be known as Agent Orange, named after the color band that wrapped around the canisters it was transported in. This herbicide, while extremely efficient at its job of destroying forests and crops, it also did a great job at harming humans. Since the end of the war in Vietnam, many negative health effects of Agent Orange such as cancer and birth defects have come to light. Even though these health effects were caused by the spraying in Vietnam, many

The United States does not want to admit that their used of chemical “as weapons of war on civilian populations violates the laws of war” (). The effort that has been done to compensate those that were exposed is that surviving Vietnam veterans in the United States that were exposed to Agent Orange or other herbicides during their service, may be eligible for VA benefits, such as disability compensation for diseases associated to the exposure, while also their dependents may also be eligible for the benefits. However, the other 3 million surviving Vietnamese victims have not received any compensation or any humanitarian aid from the U.S Government. Also leaving children with birth defects related to Agent Orange effects, without any medical or

Warfare has over the years been inherently destructive in regard to sustainable development. Those who have self-interest bridge the majority of the set laws. States decline to respect international law providing protection for the environment in the times of conflict, as well as cooperating in further development. Some decide to side on the side that they feel that benefits them most or oppresses their enemy. The application of weapons, the destruction of structures, fires, military transport movements and chemical spraying are a few of the examples of the destroying impact war may have on the environment. This paper shall examine the action and environment of war, and the impact of combat and death on the soldier, and provide important insight as to why soldiers fight and the long term effect of war on veterans.

Have you ever wondered how do soldiers have the capacity to kill in combat? An article addresses the topic of objectifying and dehumanizing, “Combat troops must minimize the humanness of their enemies in order to kill them”. Of course as human beings, we experience empathy. In war, troops have to put their feelings aside in order to fulfill their tasks and orders.

There are many repercussions to not having a biological weapon. If we cannot reinstate chemical warfare, we will continue to lose many soldiers’ lives. Having chemical weapons is like when we came out with the UCAV. The UCAV stands for unmanned combat aerial vehicle. The UCAV got rid of the loss of lives in the air. It made bombing targets easier. With chemical weapons, we could eliminate thousands of war related deaths. If