M609,
Agreed. I've had the misfortune of experiencing the same in Laos.
40 years after cluster bombs were used there they are still maiming kids and farmers on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis - and that is in a country of just 6 million people.
Regardless of their potential benefit to any military invasion, the after effects are as bad as the chemical weapons we so decry. Those on the receiving end for decades after are faceless civilians.