Article: U.S., WHICH SOUGHT CHEMICAL WEAPONS BAN, SHOULD RATIFY IT.(NEWS)

Byline: Franchot Ballinger

Of all the horrors of modern warfare, chemical weapons have been among those looked upon with most terror. While there are no guarantees, death from other weapons can come mercifully quickly, but the excruciating suffering attending chemical warfare grips our imaginations.

Certainly, readers will remember our concern that Saddam Hussein might resort to chemical weapons during the Gulf War.

Now, however, the United States has an opportunity to join in outlawing chemical weapons. The Chemical Weapons Convention is an international treaty that will place a worldwide ban on manufacturing, acquiring, stockpiling, ...

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