Basically claims that chemical weapons have been phased out because they aren't effective, not because we've become more moral, or international standards have been set.
"During WWII, everyone seems to have expected the use of chemical weapons, but never actually found a situation where doing so was advantageous... I struggle to imagine that, with the Nazis at the very gates of Moscow, Stalin was moved either by escalation concerns or the moral compass he so clearly lacked at every other moment of his life."
Basically claims that chemical weapons have been phased out because they aren't effective, not because we've become more moral, or international standards have been set.
"During WWII, everyone seems to have expected the use of chemical weapons, but never actually found a situation where doing so was advantageous... I struggle to imagine that, with the Nazis at the very gates of Moscow, Stalin was moved either by escalation concerns or the moral compass he so clearly lacked at every other moment of his life."