by Halskiisaklink on December 25th, 2006

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Do you support the use of cluster bombs in Iraqi neighbourhoods?

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by Anonymous on December 25th, 2006
No, they don't all go off, causing issues later. Neighbourhoods are just that - full of people - civilians that have not asked for a war.
cluster bombs are an evil weapon in a fraudulent war.
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  by Halskiisaklink on December 26th, 2006
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by nevets - badgicide on December 25th, 2006
In very limited circumstances, perhaps.
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- I rated you down. I find it offensive for anyone to think it is okay to use cluster bombs in neighborhhods. By the way...you rated down MY opinion answer. Even if you got on a high horse and said you did it because my answer was inaccurate, I was expressing my opinion. Did you find it offensive for me to say what I said?
  
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  by ptrask on December 26th, 2006
- I'll rate you up, there are worse answers here... Crap, I can't.
  
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by Twhupfold on December 25th, 2006
The only use of explosives in war I'd advocate is the extremely accurate missiles used on absolute 100% confirmed 'military' targets, such as a bunker, missile silo, tank, etc...

The use of an area effect weapon in an area full of innocent civilians is just deliberate murder of civilians...

Of course, I loathe any form of combat, but understand that it is simply a necessity in dire times, and in such times, there has to be absolute caution and certainty before any attack can be made
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- If someone is trying to punch you in a crowded street, do you stick your arms out, spin around wildly punching everyone around you? No, you punch back... Accuracy is a wonderful benefit of the 'advanced weaponry' governments spend billions of dollars creating...
  
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  by Twhupfold on December 25th, 2006
- Aye, cluster bombs on like... a convoy, or a military complex or whatever I don't find much problem with, but in a civilian neighbourhood as the question says, it really does just look like a "stick your arms out and start spinning" approach
  
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  by Twhupfold on December 25th, 2006
- You're damn right. The American government spends more money on their military than any other country in the world, so you'd think that they'd pride themselves on accuracy in warfare.
  
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by ptrask on December 25th, 2006
I do not support the use of cluster bobs in any situation. Cluster bombs are an extremely nasty weapon that are designed specifically to produce immense amounts of human suffering and destruction. They mete out their destruction indiscriminately...soldiers, housewives, children, grandparents. I think that they are on par with landmines, and their use should be banned.

I do not support the use of ANY bombs, but particularly those whose sole purpose is to target people.
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- Nonsense to YOU maybe. I read your answer and see that you support their "limited" use in neighborhoods. These "targets" you refer to are people. Brothers, sons, mothers, fathers, daughters. Maybe if you refer to them as "bomblets" they don't sound quite so lethal, but the purpose of these bombs is to kill people. Maybe we should only support "limited" use of terroristic tactics by those who oppose us?
  
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  by ptrask on December 25th, 2006
- What the American military machine is doing by using cluster bombs is a form of terrorism in itself.
  
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  by Halskiisaklink on December 26th, 2006
- You rated me down because you disagreed with my answer. You say "Cluster bombs are not designed to cause human suffering but to hit targets that [are] not in a direct line of fire." It seems that our differences of opinion are based upon whether you call them "targets" or "people". I have watched through three "wars" while the military commanders have excused any number of atrocities with the phrase "war is war".
  
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by miGhty85 on January 25th, 2007
AS long as they take out the terrorists and anyone who stands in the way of US-Iraqi progressions in that country.
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- I'm not going to rate you down, but you're point of view is messed up.
  
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  by Halskiisaklink on January 25th, 2007
- I concur. Taking out innocent civilians (especially children) makes far more enemies than the deaths of a few terrorists is worth. Of course, if you're short-sighted, I suppose your view makes sense....
  
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  by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on January 25th, 2007
- ...Why is this answer number two out of ten? That's messed up. I'm going to be a hypocrite and take desperate measures: Comment. There, I'm not a troll. Answers like this won't help anybody.
  
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  by Halskiisaklink on January 25th, 2007
- After some thought... does that mean we have to clusterbomb DC? People there stand in the way too. I'm not being mean; I just am trying to understand the logic.
  
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  by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on January 25th, 2007
- To be perfectly honest, with the way you guys are with friendly fire, it wouldn't surprise me if something like that actually happened. Sorry.
  
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by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on January 25th, 2007
No. We have the technology to do better and the money to implement that technology.

The only possible reason to cluster-bomb neighborhoods without regard for civilian casualties, whether from the initial drop or the later detonation of unexploded sub-munitions, is if you want to ire the Muslim world by showing a blatant disregard for non-American lives.

Ask yourself this; how is our cluster-bombing Iraqi neighborhoods morally different from flying loaded airliners into crowded skyscrapers?
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- It's certainly killed more people.
  
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by DavidHume on January 25th, 2007
No. Killing people is wrong. Killing people indiscriminately is wrong. Killing people indiscriminately in a lost war that should never have been started is wrongest of all.
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- But it's the American way. Traitor!!!
  
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  by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on January 25th, 2007
- LOL! I am lucky enough not to have an allegiance to America.
  
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by Journo on January 25th, 2007
Imagine the outcry, outrage and repeated news coverage we would have if these were American kids.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3462.htm
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by Sunblynd 5.0 on January 25th, 2007
No, I don't support the dropping of any bombs for that matter, im sure no one does, but it's not like we have a choice to support it or not, we are forced to pay for these weapons of mass destruction against our will, so sayeth the IRS. The people have no say whether we finance the dropping of such bombs, even amongst the peoples protest, we go to war and drop them anyway. But it is the dropping of these bombs which help fuel the American economy, bombs create jobs for laborers, engineers and the military. Dropping bombs is the American way... it may not be the right way, but it seems to be all we've got right now until we grow up.
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by Firebrand on January 25th, 2007
I Support our troops

I cannot support the cluster bombing of innocent children . It is impossible to tell who you are killing with cluster bombs and the evil bastards that will commit suicide bombings and sanction them, are quite happy to surround themselves with innocent people to try to stop themselves being killed without taking a lot of "infidels" with them.
If it is in a place where we know it is a terrorist camp not in a neighbourhood of people ,yes ok if we must

This is so hard to know what is right
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- The American soldiers aren't that picky over who they kill either. The 600,000+ 'civillian casualties' is proof of that.
  
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  by Halskiisaklink on January 25th, 2007
- I am not condoning the killing of anyone and I am Anglo/American so even the friendly fire happenings are pretty hurtful to me. By our troops I mean ALL the troops who are putting their lives on the line no matter which country. They did not ask to go and most of them probably feel worse about it than we do who sit and moan at home . THEY are living the horror of seeing the deaths we only hear about or see on the news
  
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  by Firebrand on January 25th, 2007
- What about the Sunni rebel soldiers who are trying to protect their land from the Americans? Do you care for them?
  
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  by Halskiisaklink on January 25th, 2007
- I care for any oppressed people ,Sunni innocents and Kurds too
  
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  by Firebrand on January 25th, 2007
- Ah, that's good. I have often heard Americans state 'the right of American citizens to defend themselves' - what about the right of Iraqi citizens?
  
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  by Halskiisaklink on January 25th, 2007
- Against an enemy yes, but we are not the enemy.
  
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  by Firebrand on January 25th, 2007
- You are the enemy to them, as you invaded their country. That's a very offensive act, no matter what way you look at it.
  
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