Clancy
12-10-2009, 07:17 PM
WASHINGTON, Nov 25 - The Obama administration announced yesterday that it would not be joining a treaty signed by 158 other countries to ban landmines. Human Rights Watch said the decision "lacks vision, compassion, and basic common sense."
...the 1997 treaty has already been endorsed by nearly every U.S. military ally.
"The Obama administration's decision to continue the Bush administration's policy of refusing to join the international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines is a reprehensible rejection of the most successful disarmament and humanitarian treaty of the past decade," HRW said.
more;
Shock over Obama Decision to Reject Landmine Ban | OneWorld.net (U.S.) (https://us.oneworld.net/article/368187-shock-over-obama-decision-reject-landmine-ban)
...the 1997 treaty has already been endorsed by nearly every U.S. military ally.
"The Obama administration's decision to continue the Bush administration's policy of refusing to join the international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines is a reprehensible rejection of the most successful disarmament and humanitarian treaty of the past decade," HRW said.
more;
Shock over Obama Decision to Reject Landmine Ban | OneWorld.net (U.S.) (https://us.oneworld.net/article/368187-shock-over-obama-decision-reject-landmine-ban)