I always thought of the USA as being the "good guys" who will bend over backwards to avoid killing anyone they don't have to providing it doesn't leave their own troops vulnarable. Looks like GW does too, thank god, even if you don't. I don't think GW is the sort of chap to leave his troops without the weapons they need just to satisfy peaceniks though as demonstrated by his rejection of the original landmine treaty so I think you may be overreacting.
Now instead of cheap $20 claymores, we have to use expensive smart mines that will probably cost 10 grand or more.
How many of the smart mines do you think our troops will get the next time we have a rat bastard in the oval office?
And all of our enemies won't use the old conventional mines either, will they?
I'll bet they are destroying them as we speak, since they are now illegal.
Get a clue - this is stupid AND bad!