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To: GST who wrote (111743)	8/16/2003 3:07:05 PM
From: Sig	Respond to of 281500

My guess is you are suffering from heat stroke or prophylactic shock. Try eating a candy bar and put your head in a bucket of ice. Dr Sig

To: GST who wrote (111743)	8/16/2003 6:41:20 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Congress can withdraw from international treaties, but it cannot make international law When Congress withdraws from an international treaty, it revokes a piece of international law - the piece that makes the US signatory to a certain treaty. Just so, when Congress ratifies an international treaty, it makes a piece of international law - the piece that makes the US signatory. If the treaty is biliateral, then Congress, together with the legislature of the other signatory, has created a piece of international law that did not formerly exist. Thus Congress does make and unmake international law, in conjunction with the legislatures of other nations. All you need is two countries to make international law. No Federation Council need apply. What part of this is so hard to get? He is not an international leader -- he has no respect as an international leader, and he has done nothing to earn that respect. He lacks the courage and strength to work within the UN. Hoo boy, I think you're letting your bitterness about Bush cloud your judgment. You're also confusing public diplomatic pronouncements with real sentiments. It doesn't take courage and strength to let yourself be caught in a morass. The Arabs may not be happy with Bush, but betcha they respect him a whole lot more than Clinton.