Pentagon Makes Largest Known Arms Purchase from Israel — For Banned Cluster Weapons (theintercept.com)
from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to world@lemmy.world on 06 Feb 19:34
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/63234136

The no-bid deal for arms internationally banned for high civilian death tolls is the biggest purchase from Israel in available government records.

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whereIsTamara@lemmy.org on 06 Feb 20:03 next collapse

FYI, this is to be used on US citizens.

supernight52@lemmy.world on 06 Feb 20:23 collapse

That was my first thought, following the closed-door FBI call that they want election workers to join.

arrrse@piefed.social on 06 Feb 21:27 next collapse

Trumps resentment for icc is a pretty obvious signal that hes going to commit even more war crimes

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Feb 23:06 next collapse

So they’re both selling weapons to and buying weapons FROM the fascist apartheid regime to use on their own citizens?

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Whostosay@sh.itjust.works on 07 Feb 02:02 next collapse

We have to get the UN to sit in during our election, we need to be calling for this right now.

LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml on 07 Feb 04:00 collapse

Aw you bleeding heart liberals it’s not like they paint those cluster explosives bright candy yellow and kids get blown to bits because they look like toys even years after the bomb went off. No! They’re peacemakers! Anyway how else do you expect the most moral army on earth to ‘mow the lawn’