US/Rus/Chn oppose ban on cluster bombs

[Falcon]

...an international law topic...


The meeting is part of the so-called Oslo Process launched in February when 46 countries gave their support to a declaration that sets out the path for an international treaty banning cluster bombs by 2008. Some 130 countries are attending the Vienna meeting. Notably absent, however, are the United States, Russia and China, who oppose a complete ban.

Ahead of the meeting, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was closely watching international efforts to address the issue and said he hoped they would intensify over the coming year. link (http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Austria/10172745.html)

Priorities, priorities.
Yet another instance where the disproportionate representation of a few can scupper something good.

[brag]

The US is perhaps the biggest producer of cluster bombs. They are also reported to have the largest stock pile of nuclear weapons. And if they don't, they can assembe a ton load of them in minutes. The US has never been interested in peace. They are trained to think in terms of fomenting war.

[lexbarker]

They are interested in peace as long as it is under their terms.

[Falcon]

Like allyuh better call Basdoe name, the thread might get more subscriptions then..........

I see now Iran is STILL dangerous IN SPITE OF the fact that (non)intelligence say them ent making no nuke. I think Bush said 'yeah but they still could and we must keep up the pressure'. And to think this rubbish still fooling some people!!!!!! :shock:

Hahahahaha..can you believe this stuff?!?! (http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/29198)

[brag]

Peace for the US means picking up the pieces and creating more jobs for boosting the US economy.

[Scorpio]

:shaking my fists in anger:

You know what my definition of a weapon of mass destruction is ?

A weapon that has the potential to kill indsicriminately.

Now, doesn't cluster bombs fall into this category ?

When the US rained cluster bombs on Iraq in the name of ridding the world of Saddam's phanthom WMD's; those bomblets fell on anything from hospitals to civilian houses. The pictures of people who had legs, arms, etc ripped off by these bomblets were all over the internet. The poor people never had a chance, where can you run when hundreads of bomblets are raining down on you from the sky ?

These people are such big hippocrites !!!

:x :x :x

[KFCSpicy]

Falcs is not that I doh want to support yuh post eh but I feel like we butting we heads here. I am drained with the propensity of b.s. that the powers that be can constantly come up with. I feel like we talking about it eh go have no effect and that hurts more than what is being said and us knowing full well it's all b.s as per normal.