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Issues: Chemical Weapons

Hitler and Chemical Weapons

Hitler and Chemical Weapons
April 12, 2017

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has apologized profusely for his much-criticized comparison of Syria’s Bashar Assad to Adolf Hitler, but his clarification that he meant Hitler did not drop chemical bombs from airplanes requires some historical context.

Obama’s Blurry Red Line

Obama’s Blurry Red Line
September 6, 2013

A year ago, President Obama declared that the use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar Assad would cross a “red line for us” and might trigger a U.S. military response.