Comments on: India refuses to sign cluster bomb treaty & we know not why http://viveks.info/india-refuses-to-sign-cluster-bomb-treaty-video Current affairs, books, movies and some gossip from my life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vikram http://viveks.info/india-refuses-to-sign-cluster-bomb-treaty-video/comment-page-1#comment-1713 Vikram Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:26:09 +0000 http://viveks.info/india-refuses-to-sign-cluster-bomb-treaty-video#comment-1713 Dear Nesoj, you are just looking at Cluster Bombs, as you put it "...one of the best ways to secure an area." But the essence of this post is to bring awareness to the public about India inclining towards using deadly weapons in its war, deadly because of the after effects of Cluster bombs. The unexploded cluster bombs have a bad reputation of turning into land mines which could kill civilians. The best example is the 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanon, both sides used cluster bombs, but the Israeli forces used far greater in number. It was only recently in 2009 that Israel released the exact locations of where they dropped the bombs, but between 2006 and 2007 it was reported that every month 7 Lebanese died of cluster bombs. These people who die are usually civilians. This is the reason the international community took up the initiative to make the countries worldwide not to use the cluster bombs. I don't feel good about India being in a list of countries which endorse the use of Cluster Bombs. Both India and Pakistan have not accepted to take a position about this issue, they are now with ELITES such as USA and Israel... Imagine these bombs used in a conflict b/w India and Pakistan (Hope, never in a million years) and after the war who do you think will suffer, civilians, civilians on both sides will die in many years after. The Indian air force general says that India is buying laser guided cluster bombs from US, which doesn't make any sense to me, because with these newer bombs you can only aim more precisely, he should have rather pointed out the failure rate of the cluster bombs. Lastly, no cause is just a one where civilians are hurt, 'cause no civilian would ever want a war, where peace could work. Dear Nesoj, you are just looking at Cluster Bombs, as you put it “…one of the best ways to secure an area.” But the essence of this post is to bring awareness to the public about India inclining towards using deadly weapons in its war, deadly because of the after effects of Cluster bombs. The unexploded cluster bombs have a bad reputation of turning into land mines which could kill civilians. The best example is the 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanon, both sides used cluster bombs, but the Israeli forces used far greater in number. It was only recently in 2009 that Israel released the exact locations of where they dropped the bombs, but between 2006 and 2007 it was reported that every month 7 Lebanese died of cluster bombs. These people who die are usually civilians.

This is the reason the international community took up the initiative to make the countries worldwide not to use the cluster bombs.

I don’t feel good about India being in a list of countries which endorse the use of Cluster Bombs. Both India and Pakistan have not accepted to take a position about this issue, they are now with ELITES such as USA and Israel…

Imagine these bombs used in a conflict b/w India and Pakistan (Hope, never in a million years) and after the war who do you think will suffer, civilians, civilians on both sides will die in many years after.

The Indian air force general says that India is buying laser guided cluster bombs from US, which doesn’t make any sense to me, because with these newer bombs you can only aim more precisely, he should have rather pointed out the failure rate of the cluster bombs.

Lastly, no cause is just a one where civilians are hurt, ’cause no civilian would ever want a war, where peace could work.

]]> By: Nesoj http://viveks.info/india-refuses-to-sign-cluster-bomb-treaty-video/comment-page-1#comment-282 Nesoj Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:07:10 +0000 http://viveks.info/india-refuses-to-sign-cluster-bomb-treaty-video#comment-282 When at war, the aim of the 1st party is to anhilate the 2nd party at least expense to oneself. Cluster bombs are one of the best ways to secure an area. There is nothing called a half war - either you are at war or not war. If at war, one should use all measures available to achieve one's objective. To quote of of the most famous Generals of all time "Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - If it's 'cluster bombs' that written in his destiny - so be it. When at war, the aim of the 1st party is to anhilate the 2nd party at least expense to oneself.
Cluster bombs are one of the best ways to secure an area. There is nothing called a half war – either you are at war or not war. If at war, one should use all measures available to achieve one’s objective.
To quote of of the most famous Generals of all time “Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country” – If it’s ‘cluster bombs’ that written in his destiny – so be it.

]]> By: Eli http://viveks.info/india-refuses-to-sign-cluster-bomb-treaty-video/comment-page-1#comment-281 Eli Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:09:24 +0000 http://viveks.info/india-refuses-to-sign-cluster-bomb-treaty-video#comment-281 Maybe shame by association? China, the USA, Israel, Russia and Pakistan aren't particularly good company. I always think of the UN General Assembly special session on children in May 2002, where some countries voted to exclude abortion from "reproductive health services": Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, the Vatican, and the USA. Eek. Maybe shame by association?

China, the USA, Israel, Russia and Pakistan aren’t particularly good company. I always think of the UN General Assembly special session on children in May 2002, where some countries voted to exclude abortion from “reproductive health services”: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, the Vatican, and the USA. Eek.

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