Of course people opposed to military strikes are horrified by the use of chemical weapons

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54. do chew on this information prior to making this silly claim again

Study: Destroying Syria’s Chemical Weapons Arsenal Requires Ground Troops
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/09/rand-study-syria-obama.php

Destroying Syrian Chemical Stockpiles Won’t Be Easy, May Kill Civilians
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/06/destroying-syrian-chemical-stockpiles-won-t-be-easy-may-kill-civilians.html

USA vs. Syria: The massive challenge of neutralizing chemical weapons from afar
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/165580-destroying-chemical-weapons

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Pentagon budget documents show that testing of so-called Agent Defeat weapon continues. Getting one to work without causing more harm than good has been a struggle. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has spent tens of millions of dollars developing and testing the weapon. The Navy dropped out of the Agent Defeat program in 2005 because byproducts from its explosion proved toxic.

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The Air Force has two Agent Defeat weapons, CrashPAD and the Passive Attack Weapon (PAW), according to Jennifer Cassidy, an Air Force spokeswoman. Instead of explosives, these relatively low-tech weapons use metal rods or fragments to pierce containers holding toxic chemicals, allowing them to escape.

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"The risk is that you would create a more serious mass-casualty event than what you were responding to," said John Pike, executive director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense policy organization.

A successful attack with the Agent Defeat weapon requires precise targeting. If chemical weapons are stored near populated areas, the need for a perfect strike increases, said Loren Thompson, a defense industry consultant and military analyst at the Lexington Institute.

"If the weapons miss their aim points or don't burn intensely, they could disperse the chemical agents in a way that causes massive casualties," Thompson said. "The most effective way to render nerve agents and other chemical weapons harmless is to quickly incinerate them in a isolated location such as a bunker. If they are stored among civilians, there is great danger of collateral damage."

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/29/syria-chemical-weapons-attack/2723251/