Posted on 05/15/2015 7:02:59 AM PDT by McGruff
Widespread reports of chlorine gas attacks in Syria have not been prevented - or acted upon - because chlorine is not "historically" considered a chemical weapon, US President Barack Obama stated Thursday.
Obama was forced to answer the chlorine question during a press conference from a summit at Camp David with leaders of the Gulf states. Syria and Iran were key issues at the conference.
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Especially if you just ignore WWI.
uhhhh.....he has an Ivy League education and knows NOTHING of the history of WW I?
The use of chlorine in that war first put the issue of chemical weapons on the table.
At least, Bashir did not use CO2, then, there would be hell to pay.
I hate to say this because it is always said but ...
If George W. Bush or Sarah Palin had said something like this, the LSM would be printing the history and shouting from the rooftops about how stupid they are.
I’m no history buff but even I’ve heard about Chlorine gas. It’s one of the Cs in NBC weapons (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical).
Every time obama exhales a deadly chemical gas is dispersed on the American people he is the chemical weapon of mass destruction deployed by the islamic communists.
We have to excuse Obama’s lack of knowledge about World War I as I’m sure his boyhood mentors only spoke about the glorious Bolshevik Revolution, Vladimir Lenin, and the rise of Communism during that time in history.
No, it’s just used to sanitize swimming pools and stuff...
He is a disgrace to the office.
“Chlorine was the historical chemical weapon used in WWI.”
Yes. But that was soooo long ago and used by dead white guys. In Obamaland, after a century or so, labels like “weapon” age out, if convenient.
Typical soetoro lie. Chlorine gas was certainly viewed as a chemical weapon when I took CBR training in Army basic, 1967.
I do believe that is called a “feedbag”.
I’ve noticed that Obama has entered a realm where he will say anything, no matter how outrageous, just to fill up space. He knows that no one will hold him accountable, not the press, not the Republicans, and what he says is supposed to be credible merely because he is president, and most Americans can not believe that a president will look them in the eye and lie, or hate America.
Actually, looking again, it’s not a feedbag, because it doesn’t even go over their lower jaw. So it must be some time of protective gear.
Chlorine was the first chemical weapon used in WW-I.
Chlorine is “a weapon of mass destruction” according to the UN. and is banned from production and use by various treaties. Our POTUS is an idiot and refuses to take responsibility for anything he says. He is worthless as a leader and has lost the respect for the US that most of the world had prior to him gaining office.
Chlorine gas has so many manufacturing and other legitimate uses that it is not considered a weapon in various NBC weapons treaties. That will be the Obama spin.
Don’t think, to this day, they know what chlorine gas is in Kenya.....
If you’re trying to protect the horse from chlorine or even phosgene, dunking that bag in water would have some utility.
The whole thing comes across as faintly ridiculous, though.
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