Post details: Only USA Opposes International Arms Treaty

09/03/07

Permalink 03:55:18 pm, by RayTomes Email , 155 words, 1684 views   English (NZ)
Categories: political, social

Only USA Opposes International Arms Treaty

From Amnesty International's "freedom letter":

"An International Arms Trade Treaty is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a historic vote in the UN General Assembly on 6 December 2006.

An overwhelming 153 governments supported a resolution proposing a treaty to prevent international arms transfers that fuel conflict, poverty and serious human rights violations. Only the USA voted against the proposal, and 24 governments abstained."

It is clear that the USA wants global conflict because those in control there are profiting from it. They are the world's largest supplier of weapons and do not want to lose that business. The world must find a way to control America if there is to be any reduction in global unrest. The UN, with its veto rights, is not capable of solving the problem, and too many nations are terrified to even speak about this because of US reprisals. Remember Nazi Germany and how people wished they had spoken and acted sooner.

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