1. That Saudi Arabia is using cluster bombs on Yemen is certainly newsworthy, and good for @HRW for uncovering this. http://nyti.ms/1OQ726q
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#IHL violations get so much attention in part b/c well-funded NGOs are all over the issue, and can supply readymade stories to media. -
9. Reporting on tactics is much easier than reporting on strategy, which requires longer form, deeper knowledge. So
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#IHL, by the way = "international humanitarian law," the euphemistic term of art for norms of *how* war is supposed to be fought. -
11. Focusing on violations of the laws of armed conflict can end up absolving the rest of the war that adheres to
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13. Who, by the way, do you think wrote the laws of armed conflict anyway? They're a tool to optimize military force: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175529/tomgram%3A_chase_madar,_legal_atrocities/ …
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14. So it's good that NYTimes reported
@HRW's findings on KSA's use of cluster bombs. But let's keep this in perspective. Rant over.
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@ChMadar public has been sold a bill of goods about surgical strikes, guided bombs, care for civilians. that makes elective war respectable -
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@ChMadar Defense industries big reason "why" they're fought. Media rarely say WHO makes cluster bombs. ATK, for one.http://www.ibtimes.com/financial-firms-invested-27-billion-cluster-bomb-makers-report-shows-1730344 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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