Should cluster bombs be banned?

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6/3/2008 5:30:53 PM

This is fine.

6/3/2008 3:36:09 PM

This is ready like whoa.

6/3/2008 11:16:57 AM

approve this bad boy already

6/2/2008 2:08:54 PM

NADER WANTS TO KNOW WHY MCCAIN, OBAMA, CLINTON HAVEN'T SIGNED ONTO CLUSTER BAN BILL

 

Presidential candidate Ralph Nader wants to know why Senators McCain, Obama and Clinton have not signed onto legislation, S. 594, introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein, that would serve as a de facto ban on the use and export of nearly all of the one billion cluster bombs in the U.S. Stockpile.

6/2/2008 10:51:38 AM

From NYTimes:

Modern nations need a range of weapons to protect their legitimate interests. Cluster munitions that disproportionately harm civilians are not among them. President Bush must resist the temptation to further sabotage this worthy treaty and let it take effect. It is not clear where the candidates stand on the treaty, but the next president, whoever it is, should repudiate Mr. Bush’s opposition and sign it.

Is there a name for the proposed treaty yet? It would be easier if we could mention it directly... I hate the current wording of "bombs be banned?" And no, it's nothing against alliteration.

5/28/2008 6:22:30 PM

CNN:

More than 100 nations meeting in Dublin, Ireland, agreed Wednesday on a treaty that would immediately ban all cluster bombs, a spokesman for the Cluster Munition Coalition told CNN.

Guess which country was not part of the 100 who agreed to ban them.