The White House addressed reports Friday that it was planning to arm Ukraine with cluster bombs, a controversial munition that has been banned by more than 100 countries because of its potential to kill indiscriminately.
“Ukraine has provided written assurances that it’s going to use these in a very careful way that is aimed at minimizing any risks to civilians,” said White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, during the White House press briefing.
Sullivan said the Ukrainian military would have no incentive to abuse the cluster munitions because the civilian casualties they are trying to minimize are their own.
Various international agreements have sought to limit the use of cluster munitions since World War II, and the weapons come in a variety of forms.
In addition to civilian deaths, the concern with cluster munitions, which can contain hundreds of sub-munitions, is that unexploded ordinances are more common than with standard bombs.
That means areas target with cluster bombs can remain unsafe for civilians for years.
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LOL, “very careful.”
Baseballs of Death as they were given the nickname are cluster bombs which many will not explode above the target and sink into the earth to lie dormant, waiting for an innocent civilian in the future to fall victim. This is one reason they have been banned by many NATO countries and countries in general around the world, they are far worse than land mines due to their almost undetactible size.
This also states in general terms that Ukraine’s military counteroffensive is not going well at all and Cluster Bombs are an act of sheer desperation. How many billions more will it take to defeat Russia? 100, 200 Billion all while Biden’s Administration fuels a proxy war with the 2nd largest Nuclear power, Russia?! Peace talks have not been uttered by Biden and the money is not being accounted for because it is simply being funneled into the Dark Money’s that fuel the Globalist Deep State. The Biden Grift is in full swing with every dollar borrowed from the Fed.
“Very careful” seriously? Have Americans had enough of this never ending war? Think about where all this money could go that would do good, such as American homeless, roads, schools, etc. When are we going to learn?
“To the last Ukrainian!! Fix bayonets!!” -Reichsfhürer Josef Biden
Whos going to pay for all these expensive government contracts to rebuild Ukrainian infrastructure? Ukraine has a plan to pay us back, right? Where shall we put these millions of Africans crossing on boats as these words are typed? Ukraine needs workers… dying population and all…
People the world over are still being killed my land mines from 60+ years ago, cluster bombs are going to do the same thing, Biden has lost his mind and should not be in a position to give away our military supplies.