Biden Approves Cluster Bombs for the Ukraine, Pentagon Says War Crimes “Better Than a Russian Victory”

These cluster bombs being used in Iraq was a huge deal. I can remember it. It was an ongoing thing, talking about how every other country in the world banned these bombs, talking about how they are designed so that when you go to help someone who was bombed, you get bombed, and how they blow up kids.

Their use was considered a war crime by all sorts of different organizations.

It sort of hilarious they’re sending them to the Ukraine. Sending anything to the Ukraine is idiotic, acting like “well, everything failed, but this will work.” But sending these banned, hated bombs – it really looks like the US is purposefully trying to destroy its image on the world stage.

RT:

Cluster munition deliveries to Ukraine could result in civilian casualties, a senior Pentagon official acknowledged on Friday, while stating that fears of Russian success on the battlefield outweigh these concerns.

Speaking to reporters, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl defended the White House’s decision to approve another $800 million security assistance package for Ukraine, which includes cluster munitions – which are banned in more than 100 countries because when they detonate, they release many small bomblets over a wide area, and the unexploded elements pose severe risks to civilians for years after the fighting ends.

When asked whether the Pentagon has assured its allies that these munitions will not cause excessive civilian harm, Kahl replied: “I’m as concerned about the humanitarian circumstance as anybody, but the worst thing for civilians in Ukraine is for Russia to win the war. And so it’s important that they don’t.”

Why would that be bad?

Why do the Ukrainians even care this much about forcing their will on these people in the Donbass? It’s really sadistic.

He added that Kiev had promised not to use cluster munitions in civilian-populated urban areas and to keep records of where the weapons are deployed to make future de-mining efforts easier. The official also portrayed the deliveries as a stop-gap measure until Kiev’s Western backers can ramp up production of conventional shells.

In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, US President Joe Biden described the decision to supply the controversial shells to Ukraine as “difficult.” He said that it was in part motivated by the fact that both Kiev and Washington are feeling a deficit of ordinary ammunition, adding that Ukraine “needed” cluster munitions to prevent Russia from stopping its ongoing counteroffensive.

Here’s the Biden interview, for anyone who cares.

Biden is saying he’s not going to let the Ukraine join NATO.

There is all this talk about back channel negotiations.

Who is in charge of this?

What direction is it going?