1.07.2003

An Administration of Rejects

Reading how the US government rejected North Korea's proposal for a mutual non-agression pact the other day ("mutual" being the objectionable word, presumably), I compiled a list of other items we've shot down:

12.11.02 US rejects criticism that it had hijacked the U.N. Security Council by swiping the sole copy of Iraq's weapons declaration
11.30.02 US rejects claims of environmental negligence (after laughably calling itself "the world's leader in sustainable development")
11.30.02 US rejects its own scientists' findings on the danger to wildlife from Artic oil drilling
11.25.02 US rejects possibility of signing Kyoto protocol
11.21.02 US rejects concerns about safety of bioengineered food aid for Africa
11.20.02 US rejects Security Council condemnation of Israel
11.16.02 US rejects call for lifting Cuban trade embargo
11.06.02 US rejects plan for war crimes court
01.23.02 US rejects human rights groups' charges of torture on Afghan prisoners
11.27.01 US rejects worldwide moratorium on the death penalty
07.25.01 US rejects global ban on the use of biological weapons
07.10.01 US rejects any UN plan to curb small arms trafficking that interferes with gun ownership
11.20.00 US rejects fresh talks on global warming

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