10-02-2004, 05:00 AM
Hi
Just to clear up a few points
-The US senate rejected the Kyoto treaty in a non-binding vote by 98:0 in Clintons time, so that is not something that can be blamed on Bush. Anyway the EU signed the treaty but is now backsliding, just like with the Maastricht Criteria and the Lissabon Resolution. With China and India industrialising we can all forget about all that eco stuff anyway!
-As regards the ICC, as far as I know the US constitution forbids the signing away of sovereign rights, so once again that is institutional and not just Bush.
-Kofi Annan was responsible for Africa at the UN during the genocide in Rwanda, and he didn't do anything at all, just like with Darfur at the moment! Just because the Europeans like him doesn't mean he is a good guy.
-As regards international law and Iraq, the war was illegal in a strict reading of international law, just like the attack on Serbia in 1999, when all the Europeans participated!
P.S. As far Iraq is concerned, the US went in for the wrong reasons, totally screwed up everything after the military victory (it couldn't have turned out worse if somebody had intentionally sabotaged it) and is going to lose the peace. Every possible outcome in Iraq will be detrimental to US interests.
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Just to clear up a few points
-The US senate rejected the Kyoto treaty in a non-binding vote by 98:0 in Clintons time, so that is not something that can be blamed on Bush. Anyway the EU signed the treaty but is now backsliding, just like with the Maastricht Criteria and the Lissabon Resolution. With China and India industrialising we can all forget about all that eco stuff anyway!
-As regards the ICC, as far as I know the US constitution forbids the signing away of sovereign rights, so once again that is institutional and not just Bush.
-Kofi Annan was responsible for Africa at the UN during the genocide in Rwanda, and he didn't do anything at all, just like with Darfur at the moment! Just because the Europeans like him doesn't mean he is a good guy.
-As regards international law and Iraq, the war was illegal in a strict reading of international law, just like the attack on Serbia in 1999, when all the Europeans participated!
P.S. As far Iraq is concerned, the US went in for the wrong reasons, totally screwed up everything after the military victory (it couldn't have turned out worse if somebody had intentionally sabotaged it) and is going to lose the peace. Every possible outcome in Iraq will be detrimental to US interests.
good karma
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âThe world doesnât end with water, fire, or cold. Iâve divined the coming apocalypse. It ends with tentacles!â