U.S. Change of Heart on Cluster Munitions?

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Hope this economist link works.
U.S. Change of Heart on Cluster Munitions

Gist of it is that on June 18th Americans said in a Geneva meeting that they were willing to negotiate regulation on the use of cluster bombs.

Alternate Article in the International Herald Tribune

 

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It said cluster bombs, used carefully, have important military uses, like attacking artillery positions or runways, armored columns and missile installations. Washington wants to limit the impact cluster bombs have on civilians and improve their accuracy.

-Herald Tribune Article

I think that's the big sticking point. Sounds to me like the US wants to keep on doing whatever we want, but making other people limit their use until their targeting technology catches up with ours.