Do you know why poison gas isn't used by major nations? [View all]

[1-Old-Man]

According to John Keegan (military Historian) in his history of the first World War the reason chemical weapons aren't used is because they don't work reliably. The wind is as apt to send the cloud back over the gassers as the would-be gassees. It's why, he says, that it has never seen much use.

When ever you are told that any country keeps large stockpiles of the stuff you might want to be at least a little skeptical, or presume that the accused stockpiler's military leaders know nothing about military history - a very unlikely prospect.

Who you gonna believe, the Government-Industrial-Financial Complex or your own lying eyes?