I thought the whole point of not using things like cluster munitions or land mines was that even with clearing attempts, some will inevitably stick around after the war and civilians will find them. So introducing either weapon to an area they weren’t previously deployed in is indeed a terrible thing to have to consider. But it also sounds like both Ukraine and Russia have been using cluster munitions and land mines all over the place since the start of the war, so this seems like an argument about closing the barn door after the horse got out last year. Sure, maybe that one more bomblet will be the one that claims yet another life in this tragedy, but the bomb that dropped it may also save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers. This really doesn’t seem like a clear cut moral problem at this point.
I thought the whole point of not using things like cluster munitions or land mines was that even with clearing attempts, some will inevitably stick around after the war and civilians will find them. So introducing either weapon to an area they weren’t previously deployed in is indeed a terrible thing to have to consider. But it also sounds like both Ukraine and Russia have been using cluster munitions and land mines all over the place since the start of the war, so this seems like an argument about closing the barn door after the horse got out last year. Sure, maybe that one more bomblet will be the one that claims yet another life in this tragedy, but the bomb that dropped it may also save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers. This really doesn’t seem like a clear cut moral problem at this point.