"Dave Smith" wrote in message
news:47EED2D3.6AAE29BA@sympatico.ca...
> James Silverton wrote:
>
>>
>> DS> Ottawa Treaty (the land-mine ban)
>>
>>
>> It's simplistic because you don't seem to understand the
>> difference between acceptance and even signature by a US
>> representative, however highly placed, and ratification of a
>> treaty by Congress. Even the President is not the US; both he
>> and I are citizens and refusal to ratify is not backing out.
>
> In other words, an American signature on an international
> agreement is
> meaningless because of an unwieldy political process which
> leads to an
> agreement not being binding.
>
In a democracy, the people rule. In the US we do not appoint a
single person to decide for us. That's rather a definition of
dictatorship.
--
Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
|