[Bas]

Another treaty the US refuses to sign:



Mine ban treaty/wiki

Discuss.

[Plantagenet]

The United States refuses to sign the treaty because it does not offer a "Korean exception", as landmines are said to be a crucial component of the U.S. military strategy in South Korea. According to the US government, the one million mines along the DMZ between North and South help maintain the delicate peace by deterring a North Korean attack.

--from Wikipedia

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')he United States refuses to sign the treaty because it does not offer a "Korean exception", as landmines are said to be a crucial component of the U.S. military strategy in South Korea. According to the US government, the one million mines along the DMZ between North and South help maintain the delicate peace by deterring a North Korean attack.

--from Wikipedia

[Jack]

Mines are useful and effective weapons. They do an excellent job of securing an area, as well as denying an area to an opposing force.

Signing such a treaty would be inane. And as long as people have cash to buy them, why not make a nice profit selling them?

The Claymore - it's a beautiful thing!

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', 'M')ines are useful and effective weapons. They do an excellent job of securing an area, as well as denying an area to an opposing force.

Signing such a treaty would be inane. And as long as people have cash to buy them, why not make a nice profit selling them?

The Claymore - it's a beautiful thing!

[Plantagenet]

Outlawing the use of mines would be a great idea.

The most murderous and lethal use of mines in the world today occurs in Iraq where the insurgents use IEDs to target Iraqi government and US and British forces, and inadvertantly kill many civilians who set off the mines.

IEDs are now starting to be used against NATO forces in Afghanistan.

IEDs are mines.

Given the success the insurgents have had with the mines, chances are the use of mines will grow.

Hizbullah has extensively mined their land. The UN sufferred casualties a few weeks ago in Lebanon when a UN car hit a mine.

Is there any attempt being made to get the insurgents in Iraq or the Taliban in Afghanistan or Hizbullah in Lebanon to sign this treaty and stop their use of mines?

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bas', '
') but just look at Africa and S America there.

[Plantagenet]

Good news, Jack.

Claymore mines are still OK under the anti-mine treaty.

"The treaty does not include anti-tank mines, cluster bombs or claymore-type mines operated in command mode and focuses specifically on anti-personnel mines, because these pose the greatest long term (post-conflict) risk to humans and animals since they are typically designed to be triggered by any movement or pressure of only a few kilograms, whereas anti-tank mines require much more weight (or a combination of factors that would exclude humans)."

[I_Like_Plants]

The Claymore's not designed to blow children's legs off though. The mines in question are.

[Bas]

funnily enough, Afghanistan is bound by this treaty. The next step would be clusterbombs.

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', 'T')he Claymore's not designed to blow children's legs off though. The mines in question are.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '
')You've got to learn to look on the brighter side of life. Find the positive!

Just think - those children won't run away from home! They won't run in front of cars. And there won't be any more confusion about which pair of shoes to buy.

See how easy that was?

[Twilight]

Interesting how most of the countries which have signed have been on the receiving end, and many of those which haven't are paranoid and have long land borders to secure. Self-interest at its best.