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From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "brin list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:14 PM
Subject: ABM Treaty
> I got curious about the ABM treaty and its provisions for withdrawal as
> discussed earlier. This is what I found.
>
> Article XV
> 1. This Treaty shall be of unlimited duration.
>
> 2. Each Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the
> right to withdraw from this Treaty if it decides that extraordinary
> events related to the subject matter of this Treaty have jeopardized its
> supreme interests. It shall give notice of its decision to the other
> Party six months prior to withdrawal from the Treaty. Such notice shall
> include a statement of the extraordinary events the notifying Party
> regards as having jeopardized its supreme interests.
>
> http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/abm/abm2.html
>
> I'm really curious as to what "extraordinary events" the Shrub will cite
> in order to withdraw.
Well, while I don't think the treaty should be dropped now, I don't think
that finding an extrordinary event would be a problem. The potential
existance of small countries acquiring a few nuclear missles instead of an
attack by the USSR being the main risk would definately have been considered
extrodinary 30 years ago.
Dan M.
Dan M.
