https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/08/where-is-the-red-line-on-assads-chemical-weapons/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:33:44 -0400<![CDATA[During the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam Hussein possessed chemical munitions, which he could have loaded into Scud missiles and fired into Israel. Knowing this, James Baker, President George H.W. Bush’s secretary of state, publicly stated that any chemical attack on Israel would be treated in the same way as a nuclear attack on the United States. Saddam must have taken this seriously: He fired many Scuds into Israel during that war, but none of them were tipped with chemical munitions.]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:45:20 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/08/where-is-the-red-line-on-assads-chemical-weapons-n98097