The Bush record so far
regimechange | 08.10.2002 12:04
Here's a summary of the Bush record so far. He has...
* Pulled out of the 1972 ABM treaty
* Refused to sign the Biological Weapons Convention
* Insisted on exemptions for the Chemical Weapons Convention, such as refusing inspections of US chemical weapons facilities
* Refused to endorse the formation of an international criminal court (ICC)
* Rejected the Land Mines Treaty
* Refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
* Refused to ratify measures to disallow the involvement of children in armed conflicts
* Snubbed the Earth Summit
* Revoked new standards for lower levels of arsenic in water
* Budgeted proportionally more on weapons than any previous US administration in history, but still...
* Failed to protect the US public against terrorist attacks
* Pushed ahead with the useless NMD program
* Dropped the "no-first-use" rule for nuclear weapons
* Still not paid $1 billion in UN dues
* Tried to push GM foods onto developing countries
* And now... tries to distract the US public's attention from the poor domestic economic situation (6 year lows on the stockmarket...) by moving towards war against a country for the sake of its oil reserves
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