“”””It’s a war crime. “”””
Cluster bomb use is not a war crime, but Russia has been committing war crimes in Ukraine using its masses of cluster bombs by deliberately using them against civilians.
Is using them a war crime?
The use of cluster bombs itself does not violate international law, but using them against civilians can be a violation. As in any strike, determining a war crime requires looking at whether the target was legitimate and if precautions were taken to avoid civilian casualties.
“The part of international law where this starts playing [a role], though, is indiscriminate attacks targeting civilians,” Human Rights Watch’s associate arms director Mark Hiznay told The Associated Press news agency. “So that’s not necessarily related to the weapons, but the way the weapons are used.”
“Cluster bomb use is not a war crime, but Russia has been committing war crimes in Ukraine using its masses of cluster bombs by deliberately using them against civilians.”
The Japanese would behead prisoners and torture them... you didn’t see us doing that just because the Japanese did.
Atrocious acts of War are not repeated, just because... that is debased thinking, so is gloating.