Iran Catch-All | Protester Massacre? CBS reports 12,000+ killed

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ZenMode said:
On a side note, and not that terrorists care, but use of cluster bombs violates internal law.
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www.aljazeera.com

Beyond Maghazi: What controversial weapons has Israel used in Gaza war?

From dumb bombs and bunker busters to white phosphorus, the register of allegations against Israel is growing.
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Israeli Cluster Munitions Use Examined | Arms Control Association

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I guess it only violates international law when it's used against Israel
 
ZenMode said:
I agree. Have they been using them? Link?
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The United States has used cluster munitions with devastating consequences in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) in the 1960s and 1970s, the Persian Gulf (Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia) in 1991, the former Yugoslavia (now Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo) in 1999, Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002, Iraq in 2003, and--most recently--Yemen in December 2009. US-supplied cluster munitions have been used in combat by Israel in Lebanon and Syria, by Morocco in the Western Sahara, by the UK and the Netherlands in the former Yugoslavia, and by the UK in Iraq.

Problem

Learn more about the problem with cluster munitions and the U.S.'s role
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“… There is some relevant history here. In the early 1990s, Bill Clinton’s administration considered attacking North Korea’s nuclear programme when it was vulnerable and still in its early stages. Ultimately, the US held off, fearing that such an attack could trigger a second Korean war, one that would result in tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of South Korean and American casualties. It was an understandable decision, but came with a significant long-term cost. Today, North Korea has dozens of nuclear weapons along with the intercontinental ballistic missiles to deliver them as far as the US mainland.

The downside of a US attack on Iran is not comparable, in that Iran cannot do much more against Israel than it is already doing. But Iran could attack the 40,000 US forces stationed throughout the region. Tehran could also widen the war, choosing to threaten its recently improved relations with the Gulf states and attack its Arab neighbours, in the process driving up world energy prices.

An American strike on Fordow would also weaken the international norm against preventive military attacks, something Russia, China and North Korea might then choose to emulate. It would reduce America’s ability to respond effectively to military challenges elsewhere. It would more closely align the US with a deeply unpopular Israeli prime minister whose policies in Gaza and the occupied West Bank have outraged much of the world.

And it is far from certain that a US attack will succeed if success is defined as destroying all that remains of Iran’s nuclear programme.

But allowing Fordow to survive makes it highly likely that Iran will manage sooner rather than later to produce nuclear weapons, something it is likely to see as essential in the wake of its failure to deter Israel in the current crisis….”
 
nycfan said:

“… There is some relevant history here. In the early 1990s, Bill Clinton’s administration considered attacking North Korea’s nuclear programme when it was vulnerable and still in its early stages. Ultimately, the US held off, fearing that such an attack could trigger a second Korean war, one that would result in tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of South Korean and American casualties. It was an understandable decision, but came with a significant long-term cost. Today, North Korea has dozens of nuclear weapons along with the intercontinental ballistic missiles to deliver them as far as the US mainland.

The downside of a US attack on Iran is not comparable, in that Iran cannot do much more against Israel than it is already doing. But Iran could attack the 40,000 US forces stationed throughout the region. Tehran could also widen the war, choosing to threaten its recently improved relations with the Gulf states and attack its Arab neighbours, in the process driving up world energy prices.

An American strike on Fordow would also weaken the international norm against preventive military attacks, something Russia, China and North Korea might then choose to emulate. It would reduce America’s ability to respond effectively to military challenges elsewhere. It would more closely align the US with a deeply unpopular Israeli prime minister whose policies in Gaza and the occupied West Bank have outraged much of the world.

And it is far from certain that a US attack will succeed if success is defined as destroying all that remains of Iran’s nuclear programme.

But allowing Fordow to survive makes it highly likely that Iran will manage sooner rather than later to produce nuclear weapons, something it is likely to see as essential in the wake of its failure to deter Israel in the current crisis….”
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gtyellowjacket said:
Pakistan sheltered the biggest terrorist of all time. They have the bomb. I don't think you can use that as justification for going to war.
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Iran is actively involved in terrorism and funding terrorism.

Giving more and more Muslim majority countries nukes is a dice we don't want to roll.

It would be like giving more and more rocket launchers to the violent MAGAs from J6.
 
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nycfan said:


The Iraq war was definitely based on questionable (intentionally generated) intel, but that was not any kind of pre-nuclear age. [Also, it is hardly worth arguing anymore but Trump manufactured most of his claims of opposing the Iraq war at the time, inasmuch as anyone cared what he thought then anyway.]
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unreal. what a fucking moron.

republicans wailing about biden's mental capacity will never not be hilarious in light of this dipshit.
 
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