what happens when bombs are dropped on chemical weapons (what a sad world we live in). I was looking for info re: dispersement, incineration, neutralization, etc. from the pro-interventionists, but didn't get an answer. Thanks for sharing this article.
Just stumbled upon this...
Experts: Don't Bomb Chemical Weapon Sites in Syria
WASHINGTON August 30, 2013 (AP)
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
Associated Press
You simply can't safely bomb a chemical weapon storehouse into oblivion, experts say. That's why they say the United States is probably targeting something other than Syria's nerve agents.
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Bombing stockpiles of chemical weapons — purposely or accidentally — would likely kill nearby civilians in an accidental nerve agent release, create a long-lasting environmental catastrophe or both, five experts told The Associated Press. That's because under ideal conditions — and conditions wouldn't be ideal in Syria — explosives would leave at least 20 to 30 percent of the poison in lethal form.
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When asked if there is any way to ensure complete destruction of the nerve agents without going in with soldiers, seizing the chemicals and burning them in a special processing plant, Ralf Trapp, a French chemical weapons consultant and longtime expert in the field, said simply: "Not really."
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There is one precedent for bombing a chemical weapons storehouse. In 1991, during the first Persian Gulf War, the U.S. bombed Bunker 13 in Al Muthanna, Iraq. Officials figured it contained 2,500 artillery rockets filled with sarin, the same nerve gas suspected in Syria. More than two decades later the site is so contaminated no one goes near it even now.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/experts-bomb-chemical-weapon-sites-syria-20115062
So Obama wants to bomb to send Assad a strong message. And we may or may not be targeting nerve agents. So that would possibly leave Assad with the nerve agents. What's the message again?
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