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Human rights organizations are fuming biden's decision to give child-murdering mines and authorize their use to a country that agreed to never deploy child-murdering mines
The mask is off, as democrats reveal themselves to be brinskmen of war, and pro-murder hawks
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/20/biden-land-mines-ukraine-00190641
‘Frankly shocking’: Human rights groups thrash Biden’s decision to send land mines to Ukraine
The move is a policy reversal from 2022, when the administration committed to limiting the use of the mines.
Human rights groups are fiercely criticizing President Joe Biden’s decision to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines as it fights off a Russian invasion.
The decision reverses a pledge Biden made to limit the use of such land mines in 2022. It comes as Biden prepares to leave office and reflects mounting U.S. concerns over Russia’s battlefield gains in eastern Ukraine.
But although the type of land mine the Biden team is handing to Ukraine has certain safeguards, rights groups nonetheless warned that the weapons pose special and long-term dangers.
“Anti-personnel land mines are indiscriminate weapons that kill and maim civilians, and especially children, for generations after wars end,” said Hichem Khadhraoui, executive director of the Center for Civilians in Conflict advocacy group. “These weapons cannot distinguish between civilians and combatants as required by international humanitarian law.”
Ben Linden, a top official with Amnesty International USA, said, “It is devastating, and frankly shocking, that President Biden made such a consequential and dangerous decision just before his public service legacy is sealed for the history books.”
The Biden administration defended the move on multiple grounds. It noted that the types of mines it is providing are “non-persistent"
The mask is off, as democrats reveal themselves to be brinskmen of war, and pro-murder hawks
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/20/biden-land-mines-ukraine-00190641
‘Frankly shocking’: Human rights groups thrash Biden’s decision to send land mines to Ukraine
The move is a policy reversal from 2022, when the administration committed to limiting the use of the mines.
Human rights groups are fiercely criticizing President Joe Biden’s decision to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines as it fights off a Russian invasion.
The decision reverses a pledge Biden made to limit the use of such land mines in 2022. It comes as Biden prepares to leave office and reflects mounting U.S. concerns over Russia’s battlefield gains in eastern Ukraine.
But although the type of land mine the Biden team is handing to Ukraine has certain safeguards, rights groups nonetheless warned that the weapons pose special and long-term dangers.
“Anti-personnel land mines are indiscriminate weapons that kill and maim civilians, and especially children, for generations after wars end,” said Hichem Khadhraoui, executive director of the Center for Civilians in Conflict advocacy group. “These weapons cannot distinguish between civilians and combatants as required by international humanitarian law.”
Ben Linden, a top official with Amnesty International USA, said, “It is devastating, and frankly shocking, that President Biden made such a consequential and dangerous decision just before his public service legacy is sealed for the history books.”
The Biden administration defended the move on multiple grounds. It noted that the types of mines it is providing are “non-persistent"
