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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: tejek who wrote (11375)8/30/2006 7:27:50 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
Having cluster bombs, or using them in war doesn't violate the Geneva convention. Carpet bombing cities with them wood, but carpet bombing cities with anything is generally considered rater questionable. It didn't stop us from doing it in WWII, but it isn't really an accepted practice today.


BTW unlike Israel, Hezbollah is not a signatory to the Geneva Conventions and therefore is not required to follow them.

Lebanon might be, and in theory any force from Lebanon should have to accept them, although of course the Lebanese army can't force Hezbollah to follow them.

More generally a lot of the Geneva conventions only apply to wars against other countries that have ratified and follow the Geneva conventions.

From the 1st Geneva convention Chapter 1

"Article 2

In addition to the provisions which shall be implemented in peacetime, the present Convention shall apply to all cases of declared war or of any other armed conflict which may arise between two or more of the High Contracting Parties, even if the state of war is not recognized by one of them."

But generally the conventions should probably be respected, even if there isn't an affirmative obligation to do so.

OTOH I can't find any part of any of the four Geneva conventions that outlaws cluster bombs.
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