Did Cluster bombs work in Ukraines military counter offensive? What are Russian army mercenary Wagner group doing on the Polish Border? How is the geopolitic...
I don’t think so, and frankly i am quite cynical about attempts to regulate this type of weaponry because whatever agreements are made to reduce or eliminate stockpiles of certain types of weapons we know the West has always cheated and kept hidden stocks regardless, including not just cluster munitions but also chemical and biological weapons.
The only real way of ensuring that certain weapons which are too dangerous to civilians are not used, or used as little as possible, is for both sides to know that if they start using them the other side will do so as well which will nullify the military advantage that was supposed to be gained by using them.
But when one side are literal Nazis who are too blinded by their fanaticism and desperation to think even one step ahead about consequences of their actions, not to mention having no regard for civilian life whatsoever beyond trying to avoid too much bad PR that the Western media apparatus can’t sweep under the rug, that deterrent unfortunately disappears.
When neither side trusts each other what else can you do? If you disarm yourself you just give an advantage to the enemy. And until the US empire is defeated it will be a perpetual enemy to all nations that do not want to bend the knee to the unipolar world order. Any apparent detente so far has only turned out to be a ploy to lull the enemies of the US into a false sense of security and into willingly weakening themselves. Libya fell for it and look what happened to them. The DPRK didn’t and they are still around.
Sure, that’s reasonable, but that was already kind of an unspoken agreement seeing as it is generally acknowledged that cluster munitions are problematic. I mean Russia and the US never banned cluster weapons but a lot of NATO countries did. And yet even those that had an explicit ban not only haven’t said anything or tried to oppose sending these munitions to Ukraine, but some of them even suddenly “found” that they did have some stocks left that they could send.
The only types of WMDs I’m gonna let communist Philippines have are nukes, cluster bombs, and gas. Those things are the most damaging, yes but the scope and the amount of cleanup to do later can be limited if used right. Biological weapons? Big no, I’m not gonna risk making a disease that jumps on humans - especially if it leads to a pandemic down the road - just because I want to defend say against Malaysia. The potential long term effects of biological weapons are simply too dangerous imo.
Cluster bombs should be classified as WMDs imo.
I don’t think so, and frankly i am quite cynical about attempts to regulate this type of weaponry because whatever agreements are made to reduce or eliminate stockpiles of certain types of weapons we know the West has always cheated and kept hidden stocks regardless, including not just cluster munitions but also chemical and biological weapons.
The only real way of ensuring that certain weapons which are too dangerous to civilians are not used, or used as little as possible, is for both sides to know that if they start using them the other side will do so as well which will nullify the military advantage that was supposed to be gained by using them.
But when one side are literal Nazis who are too blinded by their fanaticism and desperation to think even one step ahead about consequences of their actions, not to mention having no regard for civilian life whatsoever beyond trying to avoid too much bad PR that the Western media apparatus can’t sweep under the rug, that deterrent unfortunately disappears.
So basically we rely on MAD?
When neither side trusts each other what else can you do? If you disarm yourself you just give an advantage to the enemy. And until the US empire is defeated it will be a perpetual enemy to all nations that do not want to bend the knee to the unipolar world order. Any apparent detente so far has only turned out to be a ploy to lull the enemies of the US into a false sense of security and into willingly weakening themselves. Libya fell for it and look what happened to them. The DPRK didn’t and they are still around.
Personally I would have a WMD protocol where you aren’t allowed to use it unless the enemy does.
Sure, that’s reasonable, but that was already kind of an unspoken agreement seeing as it is generally acknowledged that cluster munitions are problematic. I mean Russia and the US never banned cluster weapons but a lot of NATO countries did. And yet even those that had an explicit ban not only haven’t said anything or tried to oppose sending these munitions to Ukraine, but some of them even suddenly “found” that they did have some stocks left that they could send.
I’d stock up on cluster munitions just in case shit gets hectic. Also requiring cleaning afterwards.
The only types of WMDs I’m gonna let communist Philippines have are nukes, cluster bombs, and gas. Those things are the most damaging, yes but the scope and the amount of cleanup to do later can be limited if used right. Biological weapons? Big no, I’m not gonna risk making a disease that jumps on humans - especially if it leads to a pandemic down the road - just because I want to defend say against Malaysia. The potential long term effects of biological weapons are simply too dangerous imo.