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To: jttmab who wrote (45309)	9/19/2002 8:54:40 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

and you manage to boil it all down to "effects of acid rain"! Yes, absolutely. All of those matters would matter little in the lives of an ordinary citizen. But if, during your few leisure hours, you found the trees in you favorite park are dying, then there is a real political problem at hand. I expect that's how the German "green party" came about. Just guessing, welcome any German view of course. /edit. Just found this site. uni-oldenburg.de

To: jttmab who wrote (45309)	9/19/2002 9:13:59 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

even the Canadians [in a recent poll 69%] see a relationship between US foreign policy and the bombing of the World Trade Centers Even our close neighbors suffer from "Schadenfreude," I am afraid. On the other points you mention, I think we are the right side of most of them.

To: jttmab who wrote (45309)	9/19/2002 1:04:21 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

we're obstacles in the world wide ban of personnel land mines >>"The U.S. has not used anti-personnel land mines since the Gulf war in 1991, has not exported them since 1992, and has not produced them since 1997," said Jody Wills of the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (and one of only 10 women to receive a Nobel Peace Prize), in a January statement urging the United States to adhere to the Ottawa Treaty . "[The U.S.] leads the world in funding for mine clearance in other nations. It is only a small step away from truly embracing a ban on antipersonnel mines." Asked why the U.S. has not signed the treaty, Patierno replied that while the U.S. has no desire to use land mines it reserves the right to do so. This, it seems, boils down to an issue of military need. "Since 1992 sale of mines has been banned," said Patierno. "But we have not been able to sign the Ottawa Treaty because the land mine system used by the military for anti- vehicle purposes is protected by anti-personnel mines that would notcomply with the Ottawa Treaty."<< allafrica.com If we don't use them, don't make them, don't export them, and contribute the most money towards cleaning up mines that others have made and used, why do you say we are the problem?