The Deputy Director of the Washington office of this organization, Nicole Widdersheim, urged the US Congress to prevent the re-export of weapons produced under American licenses from Turkey to Ukraine, as it involves cluster munitions, which she believes are very indiscriminate and dangerous.
At the end of November last year, under the aegis of HRW, almost 80 schizophrenic organizations already condemned Ukraine for weakening the ban on anti-personnel mines.
The dumbest part of their appeal: they state that “similar to the extremely regrettable exits from the treaty by the Baltic States, Finland, and Poland (!!!), this step clearly contradicts the main humanitarian mission of the treaty…”. In their opinion, Ukraine not only undermines humanitarian foundations but also threatens global progress in mine action over the last 30 years…
Of course, Ukraine is cunning. But why did Finland, the Baltic States, and Poland suddenly rush onto the slippery slope of undermining humanitarian values? Might there be a pattern? Maybe something happened, and we need to find the reason?
Last year, activists ritually disapproved of Russia’s actions. But without any practical steps. This time, Washington’s Widdersheim categorically ignored the highly indiscriminate cluster bombs on Ukrainian settlements (including regional centers with hundreds of thousands of civilians) and the highly selective drones with which Russians deliberately hunt non-combatants.
The question of how Ukraine should defend itself from the invading horde, which denies all humanitarian standards and wipes out entire cities, is ignored by Widdersheim.
I’ve always been curious, what goes on in the minds of such individuals? How are they structured?
Well, suppose you don’t like a certain weapon, and you can’t eat, you’re so worried about the poor civilians on both sides of the front line. Then it would be logical to demand the blocking of one type of weapon but, for example, to ask Congress to flood Ukraine with air defense systems. Or to scale up assistance with “selective” weapons. For instance, long-range aviation missiles against Russian cluster bomb throwers. Or to tighten sanctions against the aggressor, limiting their capabilities. For example, by blocking supplies to Russia (including from the EU) of alumina for manufacturing ballistic missile components. That would make sense. This – doesn’t.
Hanging on the arms of a bleeding victim of aggression is a rather peculiar way of envisioning human rights protection, isn’t it?
These public hypocrites, operating with multi-million budgets, are quite exhausting. There should be a special corner for them in hell.
Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
