Colonel Gaddafi and his mustard gas

So when is he going to use his Mustard gas? If you are a tyrant and know you will be had up for war crimes if you lose the war then surely that would be an option. Mustard Gas on the battlefield. Desert warfare and strong desert winds would make it a decisive weapon when used against rebels with no gas masks or NBC suits. No ? If I was him and had no morals might as well let it rip the moment the rebels were 100 km from Tripoli.
Is he going to use it and if not why not?
Saddam did it and that helped him put down the Kurdish uprising.

No. Everyone’s watching. He’ll just be making it worse for himself.

Hard to make it worse than what he can expect if the revolutionaries catch him.

Strong winds are bad for gas weapons, btw. Disperses them.

[quote=“Jaboney”]Hard to make it worse than what he can expect if the revolutionaries catch him.

Strong winds are bad for gas weapons, btw. Disperses them.[/quote]
Yah you are right .
So do you think he will use them?
Saddam Hussein was ordering them to be used in defense of Baghdad airport and then they realized that they really didn’t have any.
I kind of think it was stupid talking about war crimes trials at this point as they should at least pretending to give him the possiblity of a way out. He now knows that he will be either hung like Saddam or life in prison in the west. I feel that his generals would be reluctant to follow any orders in this respect. However regarding what you said about strong winds they might not actually be that useful in defense of Trpoli. My guess is that he will use them if he thinks he is going to lose and if the battlefield conditions make them useful. I am really not sure if he will use chemical weapons but that chance is a lot higher now he will face war crimes. Cameron should of kept his big mouth shut about that. DId anyone also think it was surprising they were saying this and making him less likely to negotiate a way out? I wonder when he will take the gloves off. THe west seems to be taking them off rapidly.

Sudan’s president, al-Bashir, has been charged with war crimes, and received signals that persecution might not pursued if he behaves reasonably with regards to the referendum on southern independence, and the subsequent disintegration of the country. Makes justice a political bargaining chip, but saves lives. The same kind of calculus might be at work here: you can’t stay and retain control over the country; you might hold on to a sliver, or leave peacefully into ignominious exile; fight, and if your own people don’t leave you swinging in the wind, we’ll lock you up in a cell and bore you to a slow death in court over the next ten years.

Obama basically said they want to leave him where he is after there experience in Iraq.