Cluster Bombs Are Not Good For Children, Hillary

[Voice for Peace]

RECOMMEND THE WHOLE ARTICLE AT: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/13/7655/

The human soul is difficult to fathom. One person alone is capable of both compassion and cruelty.

In her autobiography, Living History, Senator Hillary Clinton portrays herself as an advocate for children, a defender of women and human rights. In fact, the Clintons have a long history of sacrificing the rights, even the lives of children, for political expediency. It is time to set the record straight.

On September 6, 2006, a Senate bill–a simple amendment to ban the use of cluster bombs in civilian areas–presented Senator Clinton with a timely opportunity to protect the lives of children throughout the world.

The cluster bomb is one of the most hated and heinous weapons in modern war, and its primary victims are children.

Senator Obama voted for the amendment to ban cluster bombs. Senator Clinton, however, voted with the Republicans to kill the humanitarian bill, an amendment in accord with the Geneva Conventions, which already prohibit the use of indiscriminate weapons in populated areas.

[thunder rising]

1. She's like all right wingers .. we are not talking abot HER children.

[HughMoran]

2. Hillary was murdering children with cluster bombs again?

I wish Hillary wasn't the President that ordered all that killing - she's terrible.

[ExtraGriz]

3. Obama requested 8 million for high explosive airburst technology

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/13/a_military_earmarks_ties_to_th.html

Sen. Barack Obama released his list of 2006 legislation with earmarks today. He has the list on his website here.

Among them, an $8 million request for the "High Explosive Air Burst Technology Program." Ultimately, $1.3 million in funding was awarded for the program.

Obama's Illinois finance chairman, James S. Crown, serves on the company's board of directors and his family holds a sizable stake in the company.

Crown and his wife, Paula Crown, are members of Obama's National Finance Committee and have raised more than $200,000 for the Obama campaign, according to a list of fundraisers posted on Obama's campaign website.
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cluster, high airburst....its all evil and they are both guilty of furtherings it.

[Voice for Peace]

4. Yeah, it's all pretty fucked up.

[Doctor_J]

5. Clintons have a "long history of sacificing the lives of children"?

When did CD become an outlet of FoxNews?

Jeff, an Obama supporter

[Voice for Peace]

6. That refers to the Iraq sanctions and the comments of Madeline Albright

about the deaths of so many children being "worth it."