You know your warmongering is extreme when AOC won't even go along with it. Banned cluster munitions were a war crime when Russia uses them but A-OK when the Ukraine Nazis do.

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[–]DirewolfGhost 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

If they didn't have double standards they wouldn't have any at all.

[–]William_World 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

if you can ban certain weapons why not ban war

[–]Dune1032 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Yes, because Ukraine has to counter Russia's use of cluster bombs. Cluster bombs can cover a large area that would require many artillery shells, something Ukraine is running out of. During World War 2, Hitler never used chemical weapons because he thought the Allies would respond likewise. He was probably right.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Cluster bombs are a war crime. They are expressly forbidden by an Act of Congress.

But hey, the Biden crime family don't follow laws. Those are for us, the little people.

[–]Dune1032 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

From https://news.yahoo.com/cluster-bombs-why-controversial-us-200747158.html

The use of cluster bombs itself does not violate international law, but using them against civilians can be a violation. As in any strike, determining a war crime requires looking at whether the target was legitimate and if precautions were taken to avoid civilian casualties.

“The part of international law where this starts playing [a role], though, is indiscriminate attacks targeting civilians,” Human Rights Watch’s associate arms director Mark Hiznay said. “So that's not necessarily related to the weapons, but the way the weapons are used.”

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why on earth does anyone defend the powerful and corrupt Biden administration? For free?

It's not international law. The US Congress has banned them. But hey, who cares about the puny laws passed by We The People when we have to support a corrupt neo-Nazi government? If fricken' AOC opposes this? Who, exactly, is in favor of it other than a few thousand elites in DC?

[–]Dune1032 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

From https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4089665-gaetz-co-sponsoring-measure-to-prevent-biden-from-sending-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine/

Biden’s announcement that he would send Ukraine cluster munitions has been among the most controversial decisions he’s made yet. Cluster munitions are banned in several countries because of the risk they pose to civilians. Biden has defended the decision, saying he believes Ukraine needs them, but he acknowledged the difficulty in reaching his conclusion.

Members of Biden’s own party have been split on the decision, and Jacobs’s amendment to the NDAA is one of the latest efforts to push back against the decision. Gaetz’s move to co-sponsor the amendment could give additional weight to it, although it’s unlikely that the amendment will result in any change in policy.

The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas), indicated his support for Biden’s move in an interview over the weekend and said the cluster munitions could possibly be a “game changer” in the war.

“They want these as self-defense to use against Russians in their own country of Ukraine. I don’t see anything wrong with that because, quite honestly … as you look at the counteroffensive, it’s been slowed tremendously because this administration has been so slow to get the weapons in,” McCaul said Sunday.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Who defends the Biden crime family? For free?

Inconceivable!