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Shop NowJen Psaki is a name we haven’t thrown around in the media for a while but the former Press Secretary may be eating her words after Biden’s latest move in Ukraine. When asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s use of “illegal cluster bombs and vacuum bombs,” just five days into the Ukraine war then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “If that were true, it would potentially be a war crime.”
In less than 24 hours after Ukraine & Russia enter serious peace talks, Biden’s admin. sends cluster bombs to Ukraine. A weapons system that they themselves condemned, claiming its use amounts to a war crime.
— Joe Biden Hates Black People (@realnikohouse) July 7, 2023
Well recently, mainstream media outlets such as CBS News is reporting that the Biden administration will send Ukraine a cluster munitions package. This is, of course, to help the country in its counteroffensive against Russia.
Both Russia and Ukraine have used the types of weapons against each other during the war and Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy has been asking for more since the beginning of the war.
The American Military Industrial Complex had no problem jumping into a war that had very little to do with US interestest. The current standing of US weaponry that has been shipped to Ukraine now indicates that we are running out of regular bombs to give to the country.
Would it be accurate to describe Joe Biden as a war criminal if he sends cluster bombs to Ukraine?
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) July 8, 2023
Cluster munitions are banned by more than 100 countries around the world. This is because they contain multiple explosive bomblets called submunitions that threaten civilian populations during the shelling and after as not all of the bomblets will explode.
These unexploded bomblets could remain a danger to the civilian population for years.
“Cluster munitions remain one of the world’s most treacherous weapons. They kill and maim indiscriminately and cause widespread human suffering,” said Gilles Carbonnier, vice president of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
BIDEN sends cluster Bombs to Ukraine now. Even though Biden said using them a war crimes ? Biden forgot that it is a war crime to use them ? pic.twitter.com/kJMn7b6USs
— 🇺🇸 God Bless America 🇺🇸 (@RoyLovesAmerica) July 7, 2023
“Any use of cluster munitions, anywhere, by anyone, must be condemned,” Carbonnier continued.
According to CNN:
The United States is expected to announce a new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday that will include cluster munitions for the first time, defense officials have told CNN.
CNN first reported last week that US President Joe Biden’s administration was strongly considering approving the transfer of the controversial weapons to Ukraine, whose forces have been struggling to make major gains in a weeks-long counteroffensive.
Banned in 120 countries because of their unfortunate tendency to kill civilians, Biden sends cluster bombs to Ukraine. NATO really is an axis of sheer evil. Maybe Putin will send hypersonic missiles to Kiev? https://t.co/m3mew9k6mN
— David Vance (@DVATW) July 8, 2023
Cluster munitions, also called cluster bombs, are canisters that carry tens to hundreds of smaller bomblets, also known as submunitions. The canisters can be dropped from aircraft, launched from missiles, or fired from artillery, naval guns, or rocket launchers.
The canisters break open at a prescribed height, depending upon the area of the intended target, and the bomblets inside spread out over that area. They are fused by a timer to explode closer to or on the ground, spreading shrapnel that is designed to kill troops or take out armored vehicles such as tanks.
