[dv_dt]

Prevention, especially successful prevention, always has a terrible PR problem in that people forget the ills that motivated the original prevention framework. One can argue that the framework specifics need to be updated, but I doubt that many soldiers or officers want a reinstatement of dangers and effects chemical warfare for example.

[ryanmarsh]

The enemy I was fighting in particular violated the laws of land warfare by default. Had they NBC weapons I have no doubt they would have used them.

Taking the high road comes at considerable unrecognized cost was all I was trying to say.

[dv_dt]

I wasn't trying to imply the cost wasn't questionable! Part of the 'forgetting' is the imposition of new or extended interpretations of the original intent of such agreements that lose sight of the balance of value one gets.