… cluster bombs suck. But when the land is already basically one gigantic minefield, whatever.
My apologies to the ghost of Princess Di, she was a nice lady. But this is a war.
It’s the next generation of future amputees and casualties that’ll bear the weight of these unexploded cluster munitions.
What about supplying food to the starving populations in Africa?
In Fiscal Year 2021, USAID and the U.S. Department of State provided $8.5 billion of assistance to 47 countries and 8 regional programs in sub-Saharan Africa.
This has nothing to do with aiding underdeveloped African nations, this is about defending Ukrainian sovereignty.
“Whataboutism” is a logical fallacy that presents a counter-accusation in lieu of the question being discussed. What you present here is a textbook definition. The topic is the US’s involvement in supplying Ukraine with a specific type of munition, and not the broader question of how the US allocates its money generally.
Okay, so how does your whataboutism explain how the US military budget is several times larger than what it takes to end world hunger?
They didn’t make a whataboutism. You did.
Why isn’t Russia sending as much food and health aid as America does to impoverished countries? Why does Russia get a pass in your head?
Good to see the whatabouters are here already.
What if I told you it’s possible to do multiple things at the same time? For example, you were probably breathing while you wrote out this brain dead take.
Are you telling me the US is working to solve world hunger?
Just the other day they voted in the UN saying food is not a human right!
Who’s braindead now, Misses Lib?
The US is the largest provider of international food aid by an absurd margin.
Certainly doing a better job than Russia which is busy destroying the worlds fifth largest grain exporter. See, I can whatabout too!
Are these bad because they litter the land with unexploded ordinance? Or is there another reason?
Both Russia and Ukraine have been using Soviet-era cluster bombs. Ukraine has asked America to supply dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM), a class of cluster munition that could be fired from howitzers or from the himarsrocket launchers that Ukraine has been receiving for around a year. They have the added benefit of fewer duds so that risk to future civilian populations is reduced.
America won’t give anything that can end the war quickly, they want it to last as long as possible.
not surprised, both side have been using cluster munitions for a while.
