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Cut to Russian Captain pumping up life rafts

At this point I’ll be surprised if he’s still alive.

The immediate effect will be to knock away much of the moral ground Washington sits on in this war.

Seems like a bad take. Making Ukraine whole is the greater moral priority.

Per the article, Russia and Ukraine have already been using cluster munitions with a 40% dud rate (unexploded ordinance being picked up by children being the major concern here) while the US cluster munitions under discussion have a 3% dud rate. These are not the same.

Yes it sucks that these will all have to be cleaned up afterwards, and there is a risk that some will be missed. But this isn’t making the problem substantially worse than it already was, and Ukraine needs these for the success of its defense.