> At 05:46 PM 6/19/01 +0300 Charlie Bell wrote:
> >How about countries that drop the anti-ballistic missile treaty?
>
> Its a bilateral arrangment between the US and the Russian Fed. Moreover,
> the treaty expressly provides for withdrawal on six months notice.
>
> That definition would be assinine.
Thanks John. Just as assinine as starting a new arms race?
Anyway, it's spelt "ARSE", not "ASS". ;o)
> >Or countries that haven't ratified the CTBT?
>
> What of it?
>
> I think actions speak louder than words, and the US hasn't tested nukes in
> a long time, as opposed to say, a nation like France.
>
> JDG
An action like, for example, ratifying it? Leading by example? You're always
going on about non-ratification of Kyoto by Euorpean nations, what about
this? Quite a few countries *have* ratified it.
France may have tested nukes a lot more recently than the States, but that's
normal French pig-headedness "Of course we weel sign zis... as soon as we
'ave finished zese tests..."
And as soon as they finished, they signed, and ratified.
So... why won't the US ratify it?
Charlie
