Yiannis Baboulias

As part of​ their training, American soldiers are taught not to be afraid of tear gas (or lachrymatory agent, as it’s formally known). A friend of a friend of mine was stationed in the Middle East with the US Military Police during the first Gulf War in 1990. They would enter a tent wearing gas masks. Two canisters of CS (2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile, the most common type of tear gas)...