Clinton voted against cluster bomb ban

[bcoylepa]

Trying again

From Firedoglake
http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/landmines-on-the-road... /

"For many of us the discussions around the primary race have been painful, pitting friends against friends, or asking those of us who have worked as anti-racist and feminist activists to pick one side when we see them as deeply intertwined strands of working for justice.

Yet – for me – there are a set of core issues that outrank dueling economists and endorsements. And those issues – for me – are founded in a sense of what a civilized nation does or does not do.

Yesterday, a post from David Rees, creator of Get Your War On, compared the performance of Senators Obama and Clinton:

If you're a friend of mine, or a fan of "Get Your War On," you probably know how important the issue of cluster bombs and landmines is to me.

Over 150 nations have signed the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. It pains me that our great nation has not. But in the autumn of 2006, there was a chance to take a step in the right direction: Senate Amendment No. 4882, an amendment to a Pentagon appropriations bill that would have banned the use of cluster bombs in civilian areas.

Senator Obama of Illinois voted IN FAVOR of the ban.

Senator Clinton of New York voted AGAINST the ban.
read more http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/landmines-on-the-road...

[godai]

1. So Obama wants to ban cluster bombs, Hillary does not.

Another difference between the candidates for voters to consider.

[papau]

2. Obama doesn't want to protect our servicemen ? - need to think about that

[Smith_3]

3. Children stepping on landmines is protecting our servicemen?

[papau]

4. Landmine treaty signing offerred with Korea DMZ exception - and was rejected - cluster bomblets

do protect/help our soldiers

[mckeown1128]

6. This issue has come up often during the last year...

the attempted ban wasn't to ban cluster bombs completely. It was to ban clusterbombs being dropped on civilian populations. So, tell me. How does banning cluster bomb use on civilian populations protect the troops? Well?

[papau]

7. Wrong - the "civilian population" in a guerrilla war is where? Or is the US now dropping

bombs on the grade schools of Iraq. Perhaps the use of cluster bommblets are restricted to war situations?

[mckeown1128]

10. are you saying it would be okay under some scenerio...

to cluster bomb a civilian population.

[Smith_3]

9. You think "protecting our troops" is more important than keeping brown children from getting maimed?

Maybe you should consider voting republican :eyes:

[Vinca]

5. That's outrageous. Cluster bombs kill and maim kids long after

wars are over.

[rodeodance]

8. umm Biden and Dodd voted with Clinton--Wonder what was going on?

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00232#position