Well, TR already implied I was a
liberal in the global warming thread
so...
I don't have a problem with the quality requirement, but I do have a problem with limitations on their use. They should get the QC on all of these up to 99% and then it's a non-issue. Having 8% - 30% of these submunitions sitting on the ground waiting for a kid to wander by is neither destroying the enemy nor winning hearts and minds. That's OK in the Fulda Gap, but not OK in a village. They know how to get these things to work -- for probably a little bit more money they can improve their testing to eliminate or weed out the duds.
I know the goal here by the Dems is to be rock stars at international cocktail parties, but it's still a good idea.