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In a recent newsletter to readers of The Progressive, Publisher Norman Stockwell blasted the Biden Administration’s decision to provide cluster munitions to the Ukrainian military, calling it a “shocking escalation and a potentially deadly legacy for the civilian population.” Stockwell pointed out the glaring hypocrisy in which the U.S. government considered Russia’s use of cluster bombs in the conflict a potential war crime, yet claimed that the lower dud rate for U.S.-provided munitions justified such a decision. However you spin it, there is no rationale for the use of cluster munitions in war.


This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by David Boddiger.

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