I think Hitchens stand point was always an emotional one
I think he witnessed or was deeply troubled by Sadam's use of chemical weapons against the Kurds in the early 90's
The whole thing about WOMD is dumb anyway. Chemical weapons are horrific, aye, but hard to store (they hydrolyse easily), disperse asymmetrically and defo not as effective as, say, a Daisy Cutter.
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colmcq2, Thu 18 Aug 2016, 12:05,
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