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> When asked whether the Pentagon has assured its allies that these munitions will not cause excessive civilian harm, US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy C
by secondary_op 3y ago
> When asked whether the Pentagon has assured its allies that these munitions will not cause excessive civilian harm, US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin 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.”
‘Russian victory’ worse than civilian cluster bomb deaths.
- lisasays 3y ago‘Russian victory’ worse than civilian cluster bomb deaths. I think we let the Ukrainians make that call. They're the ones already getting killed and maimed in far greater numbers (and far away from the front lines) than are to be feared from the cluster munitions.
- bitsinthesky 3y agoThere's a reason they're fighting a war that has already killed tens of thousands and displaced millions. This is a random article comes to mind, but is just one piece of many. Russian suppression and oppression is brutal, for those who know about it. https://neweasterneurope.eu/2023/03/20/45000-body-bags/ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2023/03/20/45000-body-bags/