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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Thanks. So, why would Russia desire to have this civil war continue?
Also, why would chemical weapons require a NATO response vs. U.N.?
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Syria's current government is a key ally to the Russians in the region, they will continue to prop up his government.
The UN doesn't have the troops or infrastructure to go after chemical weapons, and they wouldn't be good at it. You can't use airstrikes or missile strikes. You have to get in and secure the launchers and airfields. Chances are the first sign of that kind of intervention means that those bombs and missiles are going to be used, most likely on foreign troops.
Canada, The U.S., Germany and Great Britain have specific units that can deal with chemical weapons and fight in a chemical weapon environment. Plus the additional need for clean up.
Canada's special weapons branch is attached to JTF2 and our special operations command for example.
If you left it to the UN it would take them months to figure out if they should react after several strongly worded notes, then they would gather troops and then sit on their hands and do nothing because there would be no consensus command structure.
The UN isn't build for this crisis.
Also if any of those weapons touch Turkish Soil its pretty grave as its an attack on a NATO ally and chemical weapons are considered to be WMD the same as nukes or bio weapons.