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Almost 50 Democrats snub Biden with vote against cluster bombs for Ukraine (thehill.com)

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[–] libscratcher@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the United States called it a war crime when Russia started doing so. Pure hypocrisy.

[–] Arcterusax@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

In international law any non proportional (military usage vs civilian casualties) use of force is prohibited. Russia used cluster ammunition in dense civilian areas, which is non proportional and thus a war crime. Its this specific useage that is a war crime not cluster ammunition in general.