>>18290697
Ethiopia was a sovereign state.

Because it’s like if Britian nuked India. It’s pathetic and shows that you’re a joke, using WMDs on primitives.

>>18290928
Bad analogy because both Ethiopia and Italy had modern but outdated firearms. Also bombing and shooting down colonial targets and subjects wasn't unheard of in that era.

>>18290928
>I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.
Who do you reckon said this?

>>18290697
It's just like the A-bomb
Many of its creators wanted to genocide Germans, but seethed to death when it was used on Asians

>>18290992
And the Zulu had guns but the British still met them on the field. The Italian militaries incapability to wipe out a primitive army that doesn't even have universal firearm adoption yet and no Air Force was embarrassing so they decided to try and end the war sooner with gas.
>>18290993
The Italians?

There was general sentiment against using poison gas in war, and British were worried about its use normalizing it.