The headline is quite misleading. The biggest cluster bomb users aren't signing the treaty.

The US has used them in every recent war: Yugoslavia in 1999, Afghanistan, and Iraq and has not renounced their continued use.

Obama voted for an amendment that would have prevented the use of such weapons against civilians, but if these weapons are used in war, they inevitably will kill civilians. The only sure way to stop killing civilians with cluster bombs is to eliminate them.

A Google search for "cluster bombs" on Obama's website came up empty; I didn't find any indication of what Obama intends to do about them.

If Bill Clinton were back in office, you can bet he'd find a way to continue to use these God-forsaken devices, even as he convinced everyone of the opposite. We'll see if Obama is a president in the Clinton mold.

I think it would be naive to think that those with wouldnt use on those without from past history of world conflicts. Still it,s a step in the right direction.

I understand your point chedare but I think that the nuclear situation is a totally new, it is not a question of degree but a new category and there isn't an historical precedent.
Incidentally I didn't acknowledge the author of my first comment which came from the comments on the original article.
:-S

Oops. I my last comment was referring to the next clip dealing with nuclear weapons.