{"id":1969092,"date":"2023-07-10T20:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-blasts-biden-for-approving-deadly-war-crimes-weapon-for-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T20:02:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T00:02:56","slug":"rfk-jr-blasts-biden-for-approving-deadly-war-crimes-weapon-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-blasts-biden-for-approving-deadly-war-crimes-weapon-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. criticizes Biden for endorsing lethal &#8216;war crimes&#8217; weapon for Ukraine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frfk-jr-blasts-biden-for-approving-deadly-war-crimes-weapon-for-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Slams President Biden for Approving Deadly Weapon Transfer to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized President Joe Biden for approving the transfer of cluster munitions in Ukraine as part of the administration&#8217;s increased support for the war effort in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising reversal of a previous commitment to withhold such weapons, the Biden administration recently confirmed that the Pentagon will dispatch M864 155mm artillery shells, commonly known as Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICMs).<\/p>\n<p>DPICMs are designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-blasts-biden-for-approving-deadly-war-crimes-weapon-for-ukraine\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. criticizes Biden for endorsing lethal 'war crimes' weapon for Ukraine.\">disperse smaller explosive devices<\/a>, targeting both personnel and vehicles within a given area. However, their use has long been controversial due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-warns-of-the-danger-posed-by-enemies-of-peace-during-speech-in-northern-ireland\/\" title=\"Biden Warns of the Danger Posed by \u2018Enemies of Peace\u2019 During Speech in Northern Ireland\">potential danger posed<\/a> by unexploded submunitions, which can continue to harm civilians long after a conflict has ended.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, who is currently Biden&#8217;s highest polling rival for the Democratic nomination, pointed out that over 100 countries have signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-rep-moves-to-defund-biden-iran-deal-efforts\/\" title=\"Kentucky Rep Moves to Defund Biden Iran Deal Efforts\">international treaty<\/a> against using cluster bombs. Human Rights Watch&#8217;s website confirmed these numbers, stating that 120 nations signed the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits the use of these devices and urges countries not to use them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cluster bombs are munitions so horrific for civilians that more than a hundred nations have signed an international treaty banning them. Now the Biden administration is preparing to send them to Ukraine.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ck2gSm0SOj\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ck2gSm0SOj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1677413495883661312?\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;These munitions scatter bomblets across the landscape,&#8221; Kennedy wrote in a follow-up post. &#8220;Many fail to explode \u2014 until children pick them up later. They have caused thousands of injuries and deaths to civilians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These munitions scatter bomblets across the landscape. Many fail to explode \u2014 until children pick them up later. They have caused thousands of injuries and deaths to civilians.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1677413613558984704?\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kennedy is not the only Democrat to criticize Biden over this decision. Rep. Barbara Lee of California has also argued that it will damage America&#8217;s &#8220;moral leadership&#8221; on the world stage, according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know what takes place in terms of cluster bombs being very dangerous to civilians,&#8221; Lee said. &#8220;They don&#8217;t always immediately explode. Children can step on them. That&#8217;s a line we should not cross.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki previously stated that using such weapons was &#8220;potentially a war crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Here is Jen Psaki in 2022 saying that using cluster bombs is a war crime<\/p>\n<p>The Biden Admin is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-biden-admin-said-cluster-bomb-usage-a-potential-war-crime-now-theyre-shipping-the-armaments-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Biden Admin once called cluster bomb usage a war crime, now they're sending them to Ukraine.\">sending cluster bomber<\/a> to Ukraine today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dSMKqumDm1\">pic.twitter.com\/dSMKqumDm1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Poso  (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1677436400755527681?\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden has defended the decision, admitting that although he was initially reluctant, the severity of the situation in Ukraine forced him to act, as reported by CNN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a very difficult decision on my part,&#8221; he said in an interview with CNN. &#8220;And by the way, I discussed this with our allies, I discussed this with our friends up on the Hill. The Ukrainians are running out of ammunition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rfk-jr-blasts-biden-approving-deadly-war-crimes-weapon-ukraine\/\">RFK Jr. Blasts Biden for Approving Deadly &#8216;War Crimes&#8217; Weapon for Ukraine<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized President Joe Biden for authorizing the transfer of cluster munitions in Ukraine. This move contradicts the administration&#8217;s earlier promise to refrain from providing such weapons. As support for the war effort in Ukraine intensifies, Biden&#8217;s decision has drawn significant backlash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2195,"featured_media":1969093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}