(1.On cluster munitions to be transferred from #US🇺🇸to #Ukraine🇺🇦,I was obviously uneasy when I first heard. Worthwhile to include an #Irish🇮🇪perspective for this thread as Convention on Cluster Munitions drafted in #Dublin in 2008 before it later opened for signing in #Oslo🇳🇴. (2.Having done research on #EU/#NATO #Eastern flank for many yrs,I was fully away some member states had not ratified this Convention. List includes #Finland, #Estonia, #Latvia, #Poland & #Romania. All very aware of type of warfare likely to accompany #Russian aggression.

(1. Touched down in #Dublin🇮🇪earlier today. Good to be in #Ireland for a few days. Been following some commentary on the Consultative Forum closely,disappointed at some of the false binaries we are imposing on ourselves: pro-#NATO/anti-NATO or pro-#neutrality/anti-neutrality. (2.What we need is better knowledge&depth as well as workable #security options that public want to unify behind & sooner rather than later. Inducing more polarization only weakens #Ireland's national #security further--diametric opposite to what we are looking for.

(1.Just dark ages stuff in #Ireland.A Seanad motion to enshrine #neutrality in constitution(would then take a referendum).Completely driven by #domestic politics, populist ideology&myths that persist with no heed for genuine national #security interests.
thejournal.ie/irelands-neutr… (2.Claim that"unique voice for peace and reconciliation throughout the world"is just empty self-praise,naval gazing.Nobody has any evidence for this,anywhere,show me evidence before making claim!Ireland*is known*as free-rider that should be doing for its own & #European security!