Bush reneges on land-mine ban

[dArKeR]

ABOUT-FACE: The US military will be permitted to use 'smart' land mines in a policy change that breaks a pledge and extends the unilateralism of the Bush administration

REUTERS , WASHINGTON
Sunday, Feb 29, 2004,Page 7

The US on Friday abandoned a sweeping land-mine prohibition envisioned by the Clinton administration in a development that angered humanitarian groups.

The new policy allows the use of sophisticated, or "smart," land mines that can be automatically defused within days, marking a retreat from the pledge to ban all land mines by 2006 if the Pentagon was able to develop alternatives.

It would ban after 2010 "dumb" mines that cannot self-destruct and pose a risk long after battlefields return to peaceful use.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/02/29/2003100590

I'm a Christian and I support Bush!

[mmm]

1. Bush: total evil; all the time!

[DulceDecorum]

2. Aww, be quiet and read your comicbook

WASHINGTON -- It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a new comic book
starring Superman and Wonder Woman designed to teach children in
Central America about land mines.
<snip>
The Central American book is 32 pages long, compared to 10 pages
for the Bosnia version. The new book includes 24 pages of story and
eight pages of activities targeting children between 8 and 15. To
further increase the new book's appeal, Rosenblum said it features
Wonder Woman as well as Superman.
Soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., conducted assessments in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras, provided background information and photos and recommended a story line to the creative staff at DC
Comics.
http://www.dod.gov/news/Jun1998/n06151998_9806155.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. This is a sad day for our country

I just hope that the next President restores the ban on land mines.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Sniff the hypocrisy

Land mines good. Killing, maiming, murder.

Gay marriage bad. Love, commitment, responsibility.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Now if we only had a "smart" foreign policy that could be so easily

diffused.

[Skidmore]

6. People will remember the joining but not the reneging....

they do things like this routinely so there is a vague remembrance of having done something by people who don't otherwise pay attention.

[Manix]

7. What do you expect from a liar?

nt

[Art_from_Ark]

8. Here's another rhetorical question

Has the Bu$h misadministration been forthright about ANYTHING?