Gregg Germain wrote in news:3fabc6d6
@cfanews.cfa.harvard.edu:
Bjeid Beik Rassouli wrote:


: European countries tend to respect UN resolutions.

HAHAHHAA oh yes. That's why, in 1995, France decided to explode a
thermonuclear device in a test against all UN oppostion, votes,
resolutions etc.

I'm not sure I see your point, is this supposed to
offset argumenst against the ones responsible for
the greates nuclear buildup so far in human history? :^)


If we look at some facts though, I believe there never
was a UN resolution on this, and most of Europe, naturally,
tried to talk France out of it.

If you want to do some research I would reccomend some
reading on the US oposition to the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty, which the US has yet to ratify even
though Clinton signed it -- 7 years ago.

http://www.ctbto.org/
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1109-04.htm

You might notice that France has both signed and
ratified the treaty (in 1998).

In all, the US track-record on UN vetos, boicots and
non-ratifications is not exactly a shining example of
world cooperation. I could also reccomend a peek at this
collection of US vetos:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0303/S00085.htm

Moynihan's quote at the bottom brings things into an
interesting perspective, though it's perhaps more a
curiosity.


Regards...