How much more carnage
would have occurred if Obama did not stand up for the Chemical Weapons Ban? My guess is there was more to come and Obama deserves credit for stopping it.
It was peace activists and horrified governments that worked out the chemical weapons ban - beginning in the 1800s. These are weapons intended to kill civilians en masse. These are not soldiers' weapons. That most of the world eventually came together to ban them is a decent and moral human endeavor and something to be preserved. If not, who will take any weapons ban treaty seriously. What would be the point of any country joining any future efforts.
I am glad Obama took a stand because it likely saved more civilians from horrible death. I believe he took this stand for moral reasons - not oil and all the other wild "strategic reasons" mentioned on this board over the last week.