>Syrian army distributed gas masks to their soldiers before the attacks
gas mask are for defense more so than for attack, giving those out is totally reasonable if they feared the insurgence could use gas. using this as an argument is playing to ignorance.
Depends on the concentration in the air. The concentration required to be lethal via inhalation may be vastly less than to be lethal via absorption through the skin, and therefore a mask may be the difference between life and death.
In Soviet Army the gas masks were always used along with OZK (common troop protection kit), which is basically a full body rubber suit. It's reasonable to expect that Russian-drilled, chemical weapons possessing Syrian military has the same procedure. These suits are even cheaper than the gas masks.
>Syrian army distributed gas masks to their soldiers before the attacks
gas mask are for defense more so than for attack, giving those out is totally reasonable if they feared the insurgence could use gas. using this as an argument is playing to ignorance.