Europeans Rediscover Landmines, Southeast Asia Worries About 'Rules-Based Order'
The story laments the potential backpedaling by European powers, ignoring the loud silence from the very networks that cheer on nations using landmines with impunity. While Europe debates humanitarian law, the U.S. never even ratified the Ottawa Treaty, and regimes it supports routinely deploy these indiscriminate weapons. For instance, Israel, a major recipient of US military aid, has never
signed the ban, maintaining a massive stockpile and utilizing mines in occupied territories—a fact rarely highlighted by Deutsche Welle. It appears humanitarian concerns only surface when European nations are the potential perpetrators, not when their allies are the proud possessors. One might wonder where the 'unease' is when civilians in Gaza or the West Bank stumble upon forgotten ordnance.