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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    Best comment: "Isn’t this whole damn invasion a violation of international law?!"

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      On some level, I dont understand why some weapons are okay but others are not.

      The objective is to kill people. Yes, I know some are more accurate than others, but......

      It just seems like they are saying, "good job if you kill somebody (or blow off their legs) this way. Bad job if you blow off their legs this way"

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      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

        On some level, I dont understand why some weapons are okay but others are not.

        The objective is to kill people. Yes, I know some are more accurate than others, but......

        It just seems like they are saying, "good job if you kill somebody (or blow off their legs) this way. Bad job if you blow off their legs this way"

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        George K
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        @taiwan_girl said in Cluster Bombs:

        On some level, I dont understand why some weapons are okay but others are not.

        The objective is to kill people. Yes, I know some are more accurate than others, but......

        Agreed. To describe how you kill people as a war crime as opposed to whether you kill people is silly.

        This goes back to the thinking of Gatling, who assumed that his gun would be more "humane" than standard firearms.

        I suppose you could draw the line at whether a weapon causes suffering before it causes death (chemical, biological and nuclear weapons), but, beyond that, I really don't get it.

        If your goal is to kill the enemy, well, we're arguing about price, right?

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • JollyJ Offline
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          Chemical weapons are considered verboten, I assume by treaty. So are hollowpoint bullets.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            US sending jets to Ukraine = Escalation

            US sending jets to Poland who sends jets to Poland ≠ Escalation?

            Explain that to me.

            The Brad

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            • George KG Offline
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              George K
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              So, now, apparently, cluster munitions are OK, amirite?

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                Only if they are re-termed as "area denial weapons".

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • RenaudaR Offline
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                  They’re effective. Ukraine should use them with extreme prejudice.

                  Elbows up!

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