The Biological Weapons Convention does not prohibit biological weapons.
An overlooked loophole allows development, manufacture and stockpiling for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes.
Deborah G. Rosenbaum, the US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological defense programs (ASD(NCB)), testified to the House subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations on April 1, 2022, that “I can say to you unequivocally there are no offensive biologic weapons in the Ukraine laboratories that the United States has been involved with.” With this testimony, the US Department of Defense has made a clear statement that there were no OFFENSIVE biological weapons that the US was involved with. Did you catch that slight-of-hand? No offensive biological weapons. Why would the US admit to such a thing? Wouldn’t that set off alarm bells in the international community? The answer is that developing and even stockpiling biological weapons is allowed under Article I of the convention on the prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (BWC). This international convention (treaty) allows that the development, production and stockpiling of “defensive” biological weapons are perfectly legal.
In order to understand this, we have to carefully parse what the treaty actually says. To do that, one must remove the word salad from Article I above and re-write it to say what they are saying, without saying it. So, let’s examine Article 1 by breaking it down into parts IA and IB.
Article 1A: Each State Party to this Convention undertakes never in any circumstances to develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain:
(1) Microbial or other biological agents, or toxins whatever their origin or method of procurement.
(2) Weapons, equipment or means of delivery designed to use such agents or toxins for hostile purposes in armed conflict.
Article 1B: Each State Party to this Convention can develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain:
(1) Microbial or other biological agents, or toxins whatever their origin or method of procurement for the justification for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes.
Any government could drive a train through this loop-hole. As long as a signatory of this convention is developing, stockpiling, acquiring or retaining biological or toxin weapons for PROTECTION (undefined what constitutes defensive versus offensive bioweapons), they are not breaking the convention. Wow.
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