Posted on 12/04/2003 5:26:13 AM PST by OESY
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:50:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
President Bush could kill two shibboleths with one stone were he to pick up the phone and tell Vladimir Putin what an asset the Russian President has in Andrei Illarionov. It could encourage Russia to finally ditch the Kyoto Protocol, as well as serve as the start of a much smarter global warming policy in the U.S.
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It's like the ICC, which claims that it is now the ultimate court in the world, regardless of national law. Sooner or later, a US citizen will be kidnapped and forced to stand trial before the global kangaroo court, on the basis of the ICC's claim that it overrules national law, including our Constitution. When that happens , all hell may break loose, and G-d help us if there's an algore or another WJC/HRC in the WH.
I hope Putin kills Kyoto once and for all. Its actual target (like the ICC) is national sovereignty. And I will never forget Chirac stating, in fall of 1999, "Kyoto is an essential part of global governance".
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