Posted on 05/13/2007 9:59:47 AM PDT by upchuck
>The notion that any kind of international court or tribunal would have the ability to enforce anything at all against the U.S. is rather silly<
Are we not listening to the World Court these days? Yes, we are and the World Court will rule that we signed the treaty so we must obey it.
Get away from thinking that just because we are powerful today we will be powerful and independent tomorrow.
It referred to the reluctance of the U.S. to engage in European wars, and was only peripherally about "free trade".
Mr. Bush likes to sling the word around in that context, but in so doing, he is banking on the history challenged like yourself to swallow the line, and not worrying about the rest of us who do remember it in the original context.
BTW, if you're enamored of the politics and social nature of foreign countries, and not this one, no one's stopping you from moving.
Preach it.
Someone once said that the power to tax was the power to destroy.
btt
Taxation without representation is pure evil.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.