Diplomats from more than 100 countries gathered in Dublin, Ireland, are still hopeful that a treaty banning cluster bombs will become a reality. However, the United States has opposed the ban citing the munitions’ military utility and calling it impractical. A powerful lobby from all opposing countries convincing the manufacturing countries to stop its production is required or the whole Dublin exercise will just be another conference. The United States and other key cluster bomb producers and stockpilers, including China, India, Israel, Pakistan, and Russia, are absent from the Ireland meeting.