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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Angler who wrote (8071)	12/1/2001 5:59:08 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

"Land mines are horrible.." It was a cause, one considered unpopular, that the late Princess Diana of England championed. I read that there were tensions between Clinton, the US Congress and Europe b4 Clinton left office. I had wondered why they existed . One reason is that the US Congress wouldn't go along with European countries or perhaps it was only England which championed the removal of land mines, according to an article in the Press. In Afghanistan, I don't believe the US has a choice. We must remove those land mines.

To: Angler who wrote (8071)	12/4/2001 6:14:26 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 93284

I have never seen a worse casualty than a G.I. who stepped on one and lived. No descriptions needed. Perhaps the farmer who steps on one and survives two decades after the conflict has ended might compete. But they are the sinister weapon that protects defenders and are left like graffiti but hidden. I don't know how they're ever going to get rid of all the minefields laid in third world places by reckless combatants. Cleaning up the battlefields by the losers should be an international requirement. Losers typically wouldn't be in the position to remove them, having lost. Human rights organizations usually want the responsibility of those that put them there to be the ones the remove them. jttmab