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Originally Posted by PortraitOfSanity
Also, your statement "You have to love the fact that in 80% of all historical conflicts where these WMD's were used, they were used by the US". Here's a list of countries where civilian deaths occur to unexploded cluster bomb ordnance, taken off Wikipedia (I couldn't find a quick list on a more reliable website)
* Afghanistan * Albania * Bosnia & Herzegovina* Cambodia* Chad* Croatia
* Eritrea* Ethiopia* Iraq* Israel* Kuwait* Laos* Lebanon* Montenegro
* Pakistan* Russia (Chechnya)* Saudi Arabia* Serbia (including Kosovo)
* Sierra Leone* Sudan* Syria* Tajikistan* Vietnam
* Western Sahara
The only countries on this list where the U.S was engaged are Afghanistan (and Afghanistan on this list refers to bombs used by the Russians in the 80's, but we'll count Afghanistan anyway, for argument), Bosnia, Cambodia, Iraq, Kuwait and Vietnam.
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Your missing Serbia, Albania, and Herzegovina - both part of the Croatian conflict where the US dropped these bombs just a few years back. You also left off Ethiopia, again the US was the group who dropped these bombs and of course Sierra Leone - thats the US again at work.
Lets also not forget the overall percentage. In the other conflicts they were dropped, but no where in the same numbers as when they are dropped during a US air campaign. The US drops cluster bombs at a massive rate that dwarfs other countries.