Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday blasted the Biden administration after the Pentagon announced it would transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine.
The Biden administration has announced plans to deploy M864 155mm artillery, primarily known as Dual Purpose Modified Conventional Munitions (DPICM), which will disperse small explosive weapons throughout an area to attack personnel and vehicles, Reversed previous decision to withhold weapons. Cluster munitions are controversial because of the risk posed by “unexploded” submunitions that can harm civilians long after a conflict is over, and were last manufactured in the 1990s, Washington said. Reported by the Post. report.
“Cluster munitions are such a terrifying weapon for civilians that more than 100 countries have signed an international treaty banning them,” said Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024. President Kennedy, who is challenging the presidency, Posted on Twitter. “Now the Biden administration is preparing to send them to Ukraine.” (Related: Tucker Carlson: Zelensky ‘kept lying on TV’ about Russian missile launch)
More than 100 countries have signed an international treaty banning cluster munitions because they are such a deadly weapon to civilians. Now the Biden administration is preparing to send them to Ukraine.https://t.co/Ck2gSm0SOj
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (@RobertKennedyJr) July 7, 2023
In a subsequent post, President Kennedy said, “These munitions scatter submunitions all over terrain.” “Many fail to detonate, but until children pick them up later. They are causing thousands of civilian injuries and deaths.”
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching a massive offensive across Ukraine. The U.S. has sent more than $100 billion in aid to Ukraine, sending 31 M1 Abrams main battle tanks in January following the announcement in December that the country would receive a complete set of MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missiles. announced. .
“Luckily for Biden, there are no anti-war figures left in Congress to bother him on this,” said journalist Glenn Greenwald. tweeted. “There are some left-wing commentators loyal to the Democrats who are making noise about the matter, but by and large this will go ahead without protest.”
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