• Snorf@reddthat.comEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I don’t understand this whole cluster munitions move. It doesn’t look good for anyone involved. We should have just destroyed them and be done with it.

    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      America has a stockpile of weapons they cannot sell to anyone and can’t really use anywhere, this is an opportunity to dispose of them in a relatively cheap manner.

    • startlefrenzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      I’m not saying I agree with using these either but I heard on TV that the reason cluster munitions were being provided is because those are readily available and the weapons needed by Ukraine can’t be met without them at this time.

      • zephyreks@lemmy.caEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Why the fuck not? Is 800 billion dollars somehow not enough money to fight off an army that’s funded with less than a tenth of that?

          • zephyreks@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            China can pop up hospitals in days, apartments and factories in weeks, and entire cities in months. 800 billion is a shocking amount of money. You could literally buy out a mid-sized country (or, say, Ford) and tell them to dedicate their entire manufacturing capacity to ammunition.