Cluster munitions are emblematic of U.S. policy in Ukraine: they hurt, maim, and kill a lot of people, they’re unreliable, and they won’t change the outcome of the war. From Moon of Alabama at moonofalabama.org:
The Washington Post says that the U.S. will now give cluster munition to Ukraine.
Biden approves cluster munition supply to Ukraine
President Biden has approved the provision of U.S. cluster munitions for Ukraine, with drawdown of the weapons from Defense Department stocks due to be announced Friday.
The munition will be 155mm grenades, Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM), that can be fired by ‘western’ provided artillery.
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The decision, likely illegal, was made because the U.S. and its allies have run out of other 155mm munitions:
The move, which will bypass U.S. law prohibiting the production, use or transfer of cluster munitions with a failure rate of more than 1 percent, comes amid concerns about Kyiv’s lagging counteroffensive against entrenched Russian troops and dwindling Western stocks of conventional artillery.
The 100 nations who don’t want cluster bombs know now their rump vassal status?
Oh…they were quite happy with it.
Wunderwaffen don’t win wars just ask the Germans.
what does the biden administration do that is not criminal? i really would like to know if there is ANYTHING AT ALL they do that is legal. ANYTHING!