A few months old but good. Actions speak louder than their propaganda. They will NEVER give up on their blood war profits. As I always say, USA and Israel post the #1 threat to my freedom and peace. Barbaric warlord regimes, backed by religious extremists ("chosen ones", anyone?) The "War on drugs" is much like the "War on terror - the US overthrows countries democracies and installs pro-war, pro-drug regimes to control these businesses. Pure evil. And the people are kept in the dark at home with empty propaganda terms: "liberty", "liberation". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- US casts sole ânoâ vote against proposed treaty restricting arms trade By Kaleem Omar 12/09/06 "The News" -- -- The United States, which is the worldâs biggest exporter of arms and accounts for more than 50 per cent of all arms exports, on Wednesday became the only country in the United Nations to vote against letting work begin on a new treaty to bolster arms embargoes and prevent human rights abuses by setting uniform worldwide standards for arms deals. The vote in the 192-nation UN General Assembly was 153-1, with the United States casting the sole ânoâ vote. Twenty-four other nations abstained, including major arms sellers Russia and China and emerging exporters India and Pakistan. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose term of office ends on December 31, welcomed the launch of a process that could lead to a treaty regulating international trade in conventional weapons. Unregulated trade in such arms âcurrently contributes to conflict, crime and terrorism, and undermines international efforts for peace and development,â Annan spokeswoman Marie Okabe said. The Reiuters news agency reported that the measure would give incoming US Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (South Koreaâs fotmer foreign minister), who succeeds Annan on January 1, a year to explore and report back to the General Assembly on the feasibility and scope of a binding international treaty establishing uniform standards for arms deals. Work on the International Arms Treaty will begin immediately following Wednesdayâs vote in the UN General Assembly. The vote came just three years after the launch of the âControl Armsâ campaign, which has seen over a million people in 170 countries calling for a treaty. Three-quarters of the UN member nations voted in favour of the proposal, which was also supported by an overwhelming number of countries in the UN General Assemblyâs First Committee in October. There was also strong support from the governments of Europe as well as the Pacific region and Latin America. âSignificant support for an Arms Trade Treaty has come from some of the worldâs most gun-affected regions; this indicates not only widespread recognition of the problem but also widespread political will,â said Rebecca Peters, Director of The International Action Network on Small Arms (TANSA). The Bush administration, remained the only government to vote against the proposal, despite a recent appeal by 14 US senators to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the administration to reconsider its position. Wednesdayâs vote in the UN General Assembly has been described as âhistoricâ by TANSA. But it can only become historic in practical terms if the United States were to agree to sign the treaty, ratify it and agree to abide by its provisions. If the US does not do so, the worldâs biggest arms exporter would remain outside the purview of the treaty - reducing it, in effect, to just another piece of paper. In December, 2001, the Bush administration withdrew from the US-Russia Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, with President George W. Bush calling the treaty a ârelicâ of the Cold War era which had âoutlived its usefulness.â Bushâs remarks prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to warn of a new arms race. In May 2002, during a visit to Moscow by Bush, he and Putin signed a new arms control treaty. But the new agreement reached on May 13, 2002, is a treaty in name only because it allows for the continued escalation of American militarism with the acquiescence of the Russian government.
This treaty was designed as a backdoor way to impose gun control on the American public. Any President that would sign it should be impeached immediately. The treaty would ostensibly control trade in firearms, but in fact would require draconian registration schemes in the member countries. Even if it didn't undermine the Second Amendment, why should the US hand over its sovereign right to assist countries facing aggression?
Lieberman is a flip flopping joke of a politician. My guess is he hasn't read about himself enough lately and was feeling the need for attention. yawn.... As if the people werent already paying for this mess.