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Date Posted: 08:42:43 02/03/03 Mon
Author: Xanthor
Subject: Re: What I think...
In reply to: mt. healthy mountaineer 's message, "Re: What I think..." on 22:53:48 02/02/03 Sun

>MVD's comments on US and breaking treaties: The United
>States is notorious for it.

>Other than with the Indians (which was deplorable
>behavior, to be sure) can you come up with something in
>the last 100 years? Or, are we forever lumped in with
>egomaniacal freaks that use chemical weapons on women and
>children?

I could go on with several examples over a hundred years, but how about the last 3 years? Let's see within the current president administration we've pulled out of the Kyoto agreement dealing with the environment. Let's add in the 1972 Anit-Ballastic Missile Treaty with Russia. That is just two off the top of my head on a Monday morning.

>On this same vein - I actually heard a protester state
>that maybe we should bomb England and France and North
>Korea because they also have Weapons of Mass Destruction.
>The distinction here is clear - The English, the French
>and the Noth Koreans are not using these weapons, they're
>not sending out terrorists to use them and they don't even
>keep their existance secret. They are not for sneak
>attacking an unsuspecting populace.

Let's see the US has the most weapons of mass destruction and the most deadly biological agents. The ONLY country to have used a nuclear device on another country (for reasons I agree with, however). And trained the pilots that ran into the WTC. I think we need to reconsider our high moral ground, before acting alone.

What gives us the right to bully a smaller country into disarming for reasons that we cannot keep ourselves? Now granted, there are UN resolutions specifically dealing with the issue, but it should be a UN decision that solves it and not a country with our track record.

As for how do deal with such a ruthless leader? That should come out of a UN decision, and not a US one, in my opinion. There is nothing wrong if the UN agrees to and we push our agenda en force thru it. If we act on our own, then it is a personal agenda of our warmongering nation and not necessarily in the best interest of the world, but in our own personal interest.

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Kyoto Treaty -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 09:31:54 02/03/03 Mon