Bush Rules Out US Role at Global Conference on Land Mines

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1127-01.htm

Published on Saturday, November 27, 2004 by the Agence France Presse

Bush Rules Out US Role at Global Conference on Land Mines


WASHINGTON - The United States, stung by insurgent attacks in Iraq, has urged the international community to consider banning all sales of antitank and other heavy landmines, but ruled out its participation in an international conference on mines designed to hurt primarily people.


Members of the so-called Ottawa Convention will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday to review implementation of the 1997 accord that bans use, development, production, stockpiling and transfer of antipersonnel landmines.

As many as 143 nations have signed up to the accord, which took effect in March 1999.

But a group of 42 countries, led by the United States, Russia and China, have refused, citing the need to protect their troops in various theaters of deployment

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Shrub rules out everything!

Just wait until we see how far this radical is going to go.

But then, just being president is hard werk.

perhaps he can explain his decision to the thousands of children who are kiled by land mines every single year....

why bother posting these stories, the list of crimes just goes on and on and on...
Nobody here is surprised to hear this, it is all just so depressing.

Maybe some new 'lurkers' will see these stories and pass them on to those who don't know. :shrug:

They should be screaming on every TV appearance. Make it a huge issue if the media doesn't. We need to do this about everything we care about, education, choice, healthcare, wise and fair use of the tax system, religion and intolerance, war, the environment.

The US (and others) have the ability to produce a "safer" land mine, and I tend to agree having a land mine field in ROK keeps another 10,000 men out of uniform.

The world needs to find a compromise