Absurd: Ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable.
By that standard, the 1997 Kyoto protocol was indeed absurd.
In the U.S., Clinton would not even submit the treaty to the Senate for
ratification. Kyoto's most prominent U.S. backer, Al Gore, studiously
avoided any mention of Kyoto during his campaign for president. Not a
single EU signatory actually ratified Kyoto, even though the Kyoto accord
was largely the result of EU-based enviros.
And all of this could be and *was* predicted by many political observers at
the birth of the Kyoto agreement. Without commenting the contents of Kyoto,
any treaty this unsuccessful could only be called absurd.
Certainly, one cannot say that George Bush "pulled out" of Kyoto. The U.S.
was never *in* Kyoto. Bush simply commented upon the obvious.
Dave Fobare
At 07:46 PM 7/25/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Why absurd?
>
>This week, every country in the world - I will repeat that - EVERY country
>apart from the US signed a new environment treaty, that combined with the
>refusal to get involved with the Germ Warfare agreement because of
>"commercial interests" is giving Bush an extremely poor image worldwide.
>
>I won't even start on the son of star wars, lets just hope that the UK
>government refuses to let our country be used for it.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Fobare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 6:18 PM
>Subject: Re: Hiyas! :)
>
>
> >
> >
> > >Have you folks seen that Bush has pulled out of yet another agreement?
> > >First Kyoto and now one that would ban Germ Warfare.
> > >http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/07/25/germ.treaty/index.html
> >
> > Actually, the Senate shut the door on Kyoto with a 95-0 vote in 1997,
>after
> > which Clinton refused to even submit the absurd accord for formal
>ratification.
> >
> > Dave Fobare
> >
> >
> >
>
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