Do you really mean to tell me, that this same State Department was negotiating terms on behalf of protecting gun ownership that caused this treaty to collapse? Really?
I just don't believe it.
From the article:
"This was stunning cowardice by the Obama administration, which at the last minute did an about-face and scuttled progress toward a global arms treaty, just as it reached the finish line," said Suzanne Nossel, executive director of Amnesty International USA. "It's a staggering abdication of leadership by the world's largest exporter of conventional weapons to pull the plug on the talks just as they were nearing an historic breakthrough."
They know it would spell death in keeping the Senate. People would vote against Democrats just on the threat of its pending ratification.
A Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, also blamed the U.S., saying "they derailed the process," adding that nothing will happen to revive negotiations until after the U.S. presidential election in November.
OK, so we know two things. They know everybody will hate what they were pushing for and they've decided to "try again" after the election. Meanwhile, the Obama Administration can bandy the outrageous lie that they were trying to protect the Second Amendment.
As far as I am concerned, this means that the treaty language is SO bad that they want to cram it through unseen. Harry Reid is a master of such shenanigans. We should be passing that draft around like it is still immediately pending.
This is a sucker play. IT IS NOT "DEAD." That the media are calling it that is just another bad indication.
I'm not telling you that. I'm not even inferring that.
This is the same old "disarm them all" BS that has been in the works for decades. It just got a temporary hitch in the giddy-up. I'm not getting fooled, but I'm happy at any setbacks.
You need to read my comments on the other thread that I pinged you to.
This is a sucker play. IT IS NOT "DEAD."
It's only a sucker play if you fall for it.
And we all know that it'll get picked up again. You first win battles to win the war. The war is far from over and this is one battle we won.
Take a minute out to revel and enjoy it.