So you are squarely stacking the blame on politicians eh? Well tell you what. Without politicians, I don't think there is a need for a military as there's no one to give them valid orders. Argue that an officer could? Well, who is he taking his orders from and how do we know he isn't going to be the next junta leader? What gives him the right to anyway without people elected leaders?

Anyway, so you are also saying that cluster bombs are "tools they need to do the job". So why cluster bombs and not some more precise weapon that does not leave a minefield in its wake that could potentially harm your own troops? Nowadays, wars are not about going in, bombing the place "back to the stone age" and go home and leave them to clear up the minefield you left behind. That's not what's called responsibility and if your military isn't cleaning up the mess it made, then the people need to intervene.