[MissAmericanPie]

This is suppose to be reassuring? Something very formal signed by the President, or the Senate would be reassuring, but some little note on bathroom paper from a flunky in the Justice Department just doesn't impress, it leaves far to much wiggle room to be backed away from by both the President and the Senate.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"This is suppose to be reassuring? Something very formal signed by the President, or the Senate would be reassuring, but some little note on bathroom paper from a flunky in the Justice Department just doesn't impress, it leaves far to much wiggle room to be backed away from by both the President and the Senate."

He's with the State Dept, not the Dept of Justice.
Why waste good money on the UN with fancy staionerey?
It's a slap in the face to them.
No wiggle room at all, US Senate HAS to ratify all treaties by 2/3 rd vote.
Even klintoon never sent it to the Senate.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

PRESS RELEASE BY STATE DEPT.

[Sal]

John Bolton is not just some flunky. He and Bob Barr, representing USA to the gun grabbing UN NGO (forget the formal title), basically told the NGO to get flushed--that we weren't going along with anything they came up with that violated the rights of US citizens to keep and bear and the rights of US gun manufacturers to sell their valuable and legal product when and as they wished. It was wonderful. You would have loved it.

The NGO was left in the embarrassing position of expressing their disappointment that they wouldn't be able to achieve their goals at the current time. Unfortunately they set it up for review again--can't remember for sure--couple of years or 5 years from then. I guess they're hoping we have another treasonous administration by then which would go along with them.

[Sal]

P.S. I understand that you meant it would be better if President Bush wrote the letter or even the Sec. State than someone who only works for them.*** It's just that I think so much of John Bolton after the gun thingie (which I'm pretty sure you agree with) that I hate to hear him called a flunky. 8^) This is such a major victory!

***OTOH the fact that X42's attempt to slip this little sovereignty buster through could be casually undone by a little note from the UNDERsecretary... It's a big slap at the UN and an even bigger one at the scumbag. I'm bookmarking this one.

[rwfromkansas]

Again, Powell himself has said we are backing out of the treaty. Why Bolton...I don't know. But that is who wrote the letter and it IS BACKED BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION NO MATTER WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO THINK.