Cluster Munitions: A Weapon Out of Control

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This is a short film documenting the lethal effects of the use of cluster munitions worldwide, with commentary, new statistics and analysis from military experts at Human Rights Watch. Footage shows how cluster munitions have endangered civilian populations from the Vietnam era through current conflicts in Iraq and Lebanon.

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[squarely]

Marc Garlasco proves that a person can be acutely aware of modern military methods, while also recognizing the need for a cluster bomb ban.

Fortunately, 111 nations (including America's allies, but not the U.S. itself) agreed last week on a treaty that bans the production, stockpiling, and use of cluster bombs.

America is separating itself from its military allies on this issue, and finding itself in the same camp as countries like China, Russia, and Myanmar. That's not the path to security.

[squarely]

Marc Garlasco (in this video at 1:57-2:19 and 3:22-3:35) was the Pentagon's chief of high-value targeting during the invasion of Iraq, before he joined Human Rights Watch.

So when people dismiss him as an anti-American anti-military "liberal" "so-called expert", then by extension they're also saying that the American President and the Pentagon leadership would all have to be idiots for having allowed such a person to steer their operations.

The commenters obviously didn't realize that...!

[playbassken]

I agree that cluster bombs should be banned from use in or near civilians and more work should be done to correct problems with submunitions that fail to explode 100%. On the flip-side, these are very effective in open area combat that takes place away from civilian population. Sadly, most point the finger at the U.S. when ours are among the highest percentage of exploded ordinance and rarely used in an urban or civilian area.

[7hevo1d]

is there a human rights watch video about depleted uranium ammunition?

[7hevo1d]

The use of depleted uranium weapons is illegal under various int. treaties (the Univ. Declaration of Human Rights, the Charter of the UN, the Genocide Conv., the Geneva Conventions). Yet they are still used by u.s and nato forces in iraq and afghanistan.

The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium and the Dying Children (1/6)

/watch?v=hlr_1kWXAUg

[42236118]

i agree, nobody complainend about naplam

[rickrollins2008]

you are a moron but if i may digress.... i think we should arm everyone on Earth with machetes and just have a huge chop fest. Everyone versus everyone else... and just see who's left in like a month.

[conceptual0theorist]

are you joking? go back to using napalm, like thats progress. if your being serious thats even more hilarious. but very worrying. were you being serious?

[1978chevycorvette]

i think we should use this and kill everyone over there out because they were raisd to think we are the bad guys,they need to go over there with a few atomic bombs and level the place

[grim967]

awesome bombs nice vid i liked the explosions

[skunkapotamus]

Sounds to me like they needs to devise new kinds of cluster munitions. Ones that are shaped like teddy bears and baby teething rings.

Time to get rid of the idiots.