If Iraq's use, in violation of the Geneva Protocol, of nerve gas and other chemicals against Iran-a UN-confirmed illegality about which there was no verification dispute, a violation that produced horribly disfigured victims and lurid corpses, all displayed on television around the world-produced no condemnation of Iraq, let alone punishment, then what basis exists for believing that non-compliance with the CWC would produce such action?

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Chemical Reaction