Smart bombs not cheap, U.S. whines

Smart bombs not cheap, U.S. whines
November/December 2002

"When civilians are present, international humanitarian law requires belligerents to use weapons that can distinguish between civilians and combatants; they should therefore use the most accurate weapons available to them. In yet another instance of political and financial cost-benefit analyses intruding into international humanitarian law, the US argues that this imposes an unfair burden on it, given the substantial costs involved in producing smart bombs." --Michael Byers, 'No Way to Fight a War'

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v25/n04/byer01_.html