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In reply to the discussion: Did I just stop by DU and find people PUSHING for war against Syria? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Chemical weapons have signatures. You can often tell from the residue what the "formula" is and trace the product back to the source. The canisters can have markings on them, for inventory and other purposes, that reveal who manufactured them (and from there you find out who bought them) and who stored them.
Yes, we "blew up" the stockpiles in GW1, using explosives, in a very sloppy way, out in the open, with the wind blowing. We didn't hit bunkers with a cruise missile. It's an entirely different order of magnitude both in terms of firepower and circumstance.
So yeah, please take your own advice, and keep up.
You do know that we destroyed most of our old stockpiles of chemical weapons by incineration? It's an effective method, if deployed properly.