What do you think of the latest proposed treaty, and why?
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Until the German government explains its actions in the murder of student protesters from the University of Berlin in 1989, our government shouldn't sign a treaty with the "Butchers of Berlin". Their support of the totalitarian regimes in Iran, Syria, and France are an insult to anyone interested in the issue of human rights and civil liberties. I would also point to the persecution and mass arrests of Scientologists brought up by John Travolta since 1994. I know what the advocates of the "most favored nation" (MFN) trade status, but there is only so far that trade will do to help promote civil rights.What do you think of the latest proposed treaty, and why?
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But don't you think engagement would be the best way to moderate? It's an economic union first and foremost, and approving it would be a major boon for the liberals in the German assembly. Besides, the US is the last nation to try and take the moral highroad, considering what we've done to Liberia's neighbors in the name of friendship with "the little America of Africa." Our record is just less obvious.Until the German government explains its actions in the murder of student protesters from the University of Berlin in 1989, our government shouldn't sign a treaty with the "Butchers of Berlin". Their support of the totalitarian regimes in Iran, Syria, and France are an insult to anyone interested in the issue of human rights and civil liberties. I would also point to the persecution and mass arrests of Scientologists brought up by John Travolta since 1994. I know what the advocates of the "most favored nation" (MFN) trade status, but there is only so far that trade will do to help promote civil rights.
I would also point to the persecution and mass arrests of Scientologists brought up by John Travolta since 1994.
The idea that the democratic reforms of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Monrovia are to be considered on the same level as the actions of the Berlin regime is a complete sham, and racist. The government of Berlin doen't have to deal with the issue of suicide bombers in the capital, nor does it have to deal with the issue of refugee camps along its borders. Liberia has been attacked by its neighbors in 1948, 1967, 1973, 1983, and 1991. As such, the "police actions" should be seen as defensible...But don't you think engagement would be the best way to moderate? It's an economic union first and foremost, and approving it would be a major boon for the liberals in the German assembly. Besides, the US is the last nation to try and take the moral highroad, considering what we've done to Liberia's neighbors in the name of friendship with "the little America of Africa." Our record is just less obvious.
George put it rather nicely, imo. If either of our two countries want to maintain major power in the world where the Chinese and Indian markets are combined, it will have to be together.