Why? The EU has the biggest single market and its sanctions can have real bite, as in Iran. The EU, as a club of democracies, is also a court of international opinion. Though some members are former colonial powers (France and Britain carved up the Middle East), the EU collectively is less antagonising. In short, Europe still matters: so it should stand tough on the use of chemical weapons. After all, it is just a short drive from Brussels to the battlefields of Ypres and the horrors of poison gas.
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