This whole thing with North Korea (and Iran)....
The UN is a fucking joke on a dildo. Completely undermined at every turn by the US and it's slaves.
All this fucking dribble about non-prolifiration
WHAT A LOAD OF FUCKING HORSE SHIT!!!!!!
We need to be fearfull of the fucking UNITED STATES not fucking North korea..
WAKE UP!!!!!!
[align=justify] October 13, 1999, the US Senate decided not to ratify the CTBT. This drew condemnation from Bill Clinton and the White House Administration, environmental groups and other governments. The grounds for rejection (ignoring the bipartisan politics that some claim affected this decision) was that if the US ratified this treaty, it would not stop others trying to go nuclear and therefore the US should not ratify on the grounds of national security. The ironic thing is that many nations around the world feel threatened by recent US unilateral actions and are thus beginning to feel that they will need to procure weapons that are more dangerous to assure their own national security. If the U.S. reduced its aggressive postures then other nations perhaps would not feel as threatened -- instead they do and are arming themselves as a result.
With two new nuclear powers, India and Pakistan facing stability problems (such as another Pakistani coup and martial law) and conflicts along the Kashmiri border, the threat of using nuclear weapons is always increasing.
Incidentally, US leadership on this would have probably meant that China, India and Pakistan would have then ratified the treaty as well, because China and India mentioned they will ratify once the US does, and Pakistan would if India did. So, as this report mentions, the US is giving up leadership in nuclear disarmament.
Not only could this see an increase in nuclear arms races, but also conventional weapons, such as cruise missiles, as the Center for Defense Information reports.
Double standards are claimed by the two countries because they face tough economic sanctions when France and China, two members of the Security Council and of the "nuclear club", only received condemnation for their tests, but no sanctions.
There have been many criticisms of the nuclear powers not doing enough about their own nuclear weapons proliferation issues, while hypocritically enforcing other nations to cut back or avoid it.
India had made a very powerful statement via its nuclear tests regarding the fact that the country should no longer be ignored and that it is a legitimate Nuclear power and a possible consideration as a permanent Security Council member. It has been attempting to get a seat for a while now, and this could be a potentially important step forward.
Pakistan then would also have a case to be considered as a permanent Council member. If Pakistan were to also gain a seat, then would that suggest to the rest of the world that for its interests to be considered and for it to be as influential, that nuclear weapons are the way to go?
(The non-democratic nature of the Security Council is another topic, and many suggest that the United Nations should not have a Security Council, as the General Assembly is more inclusive. However, the former imperial powers (UK, France, Russia, and USA), do not want this privilege to be extended to everyone, as then it would no longer be an important privilege. Due to emerging powers in Asia, such as India and China, China could not be ignored and were permitted in. India now wants in too it would seem.)
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Thas from: Sunday, October 08, 2000
So who's on the Council now and were are those double standards?
FACT: Australia is so pathetic in it's response it could only recite what the US State Deparment announced as a reaction.
WE HAVE A SPINELESS GUTLESS LYING WEAK AS FUCKING PISS foreign minister that forms part of a political culture that as an Australia I'm utterly ashamed off.
Do your jooo kids future a favour and inform yourselfs as to how you are been manipulated and SHIT on:
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/ni/ni-contents.html
It's one of the most concept shattering experiences you will ever encouter, it's ALL on line and it's free to read.
Why is it free?
Because it's the truth and the truth is beyond monetary control.
Simple huh?
A little more bedside reading:
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Children.asp
http://uk.oneworld.net/guides/childlabour
http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/GlobalWarming.asp
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/MiddleEast.asp
Perhaps Jonh Howard would like to read this one and then re-write it for our History books:
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics ... t/Iraq.asp
Being able to influence and own most media companies, it is hard to be able to publicly debate the notions and ideals that corporations pursue.
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelate ... ations.asp
more?
k last one.... about those pesky iraqis....
IRAQI DEATH TOLL EXCEEDS 600,000
http://direland.typepad.com/direland/20 ... niqui.html
Here's the same story from a know source the Wahington Times:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01442.html
I missed this story on our AUSTRALIAN media, did anyone get a glimpse of this story on our media, paper, radio or TV?
trange huh, you'd think it would at least feature for a few seconds as a cut-way after one of Howard's speeches... missed it but.. darn...
Good old GENOCIDE... gotta love that word when it translates into OIL.
So.... are we happy been Australian? Happy supporting all of the above? Can live with all that blood flowing into the sewers?


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