"The Convention is an umbrella covering the Protocols and containing only general provisions. It contains no provisions explicitly prohibiting the use of specific weapons. Provisions on the prohibition or restrictions on the use of certain weapons are the object of the Protocols annexed to the Convention"
The use of these weapons on civilians, if not explicitly a war crime, in the protocols, is in practice, considered such by the conventions.
That anybody could use such weapons on civilians or defend their use is obscene and inhuman -and extremely "bloodthirsty"
Christians - I've shit better!!
Jim Carroll