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BUT IN THE EUROPEAN PRESS, it was portrayed as the U.S. being greedy and not willing to conform to a treaty the entire world had signed. Little if any mention was given to the fact that NO OTHER NATION was conforming to the environmental standards of the Kioto agreement.
Actually that's not true - Australia is. And it distorts the fact that they are standards to be met over time. They aren't initiated instantly.
I actually suspect that the other countries in the region might have to be assertive in respect of this soon. Frustrated by Bush's lack of control over Sharon, Saudi Arabia has already expressed extreme disquiet with the US lack of impartial mediation. Lebanon is becoming mildy destabilised along its border.
Hamas is reported not to see a difference bewteen Israelis and Americans. Doesn't that bother anyone in the US? It bothers the crap out of me.
