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2023-07-08 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Biden to may send thousands of cluster bombs to Ukraine despite them being against US law and banned in 120 countries - a year after Jen Psaki said using them 'would potentially be a war crime'

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Biden claims it was 'difficult' decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine: President claims Zelensky NEEDS them as he is 'running out of ammunition' in U-turn after White House said it would spark World War Three

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-08 00:10|| 2023-07-08 00:10|| Front Page Top

#2 When does the Crime Family follow the law ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-08 03:24|| 2023-07-08 03:24|| Front Page Top

#3 'The US and Ukraine don't need to stoop to Putin's level': Democrats are left horrified by Biden sending cluster bombs to Ukraine after Jake Sullivan admitted they create risk of KILLING civilians

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-08 06:21|| 2023-07-08 06:21|| Front Page Top

#4 White House Claims Ukraine Will Be Careful with American-Provided Cluster Bombs

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-08 06:58|| 2023-07-08 06:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh Jesus this article is so full of shit.

The US "Law" is from congress ordering the military to find alternate weapons systems.

There is a memorandum from the DoD that after Jan. 1st 2019 that any system with a failure rate over 1% needs to get theater commander approval to use them. AKA if North Korea was overrunning the South and US positions, once approval was given the commander can then launch them on the communist troops.

The munitions can be legally used by anyone, including Russia so long as civilian areas are not targeted. Military base: Legal Civilian city: Not legal. Russia did the latter which is why it was a war crime. Ukraine would most likely stick to areas that only have Russians.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-07-08 09:24|| 2023-07-08 09:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Military oath: "...that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same...."

Yeah, right.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-07-08 09:27|| 2023-07-08 09:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Ref #5: I'm assuming DV, we can skip the Shinola ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-08 09:28|| 2023-07-08 09:28|| Front Page Top

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