Cluster Bombs
They’re ahorrent. The very way they act is just morally unacceptable in the modern world. Their use in modern warfare just cannot be justified, especially considering that “normal” wars between massed armies no longer actually happen. So cluster bombs are just killing innocents [or at least non-combatants].
So this treaty signed by 109 countries to ban the use of cluster bombs must be applauded.
The main problem now being that this is only 109 countures that have signed the treaty - and the US, Russia, China, India, Pakistand, and Isreal are not among them.
Another issue over this comes from the fact that even if we make a moral stand and refuse to use these weapons, our enemies are not necessarily bound by the same, so our soldiers [or even ourselves] may be potentially put in danger. But this is such a teeny tiny possibility that is far outweighed by the undeniable benefits.
That cluster bombs are not to be used any more by Britain or 109 other countries is undeniably a good thing. But that all countries, including major powers, have not signed up is a very bad thing indeed. Those countries ought to be ashamed of themselves.
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