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16. Good.

Tue Sep 24, 2013, 04:13 PM

Sep 2013

Maybe it'll help stop the sale of cluster bombs to the Saudis, crowd control weapons to the Egyptians, and small arms to the Syrian rebels.

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Exclusive: Secretary of State Kerry to sign Arms Trade Treaty - diplomats [View all] ProSense Sep 2013 OP

It is hard to believe that the right fights this treaty karynnj Sep 2013 #1

Does that stop our funding of guns to Syrian rebels? dkf Sep 2013 #2

It's a UN treaty ProSense Sep 2013 #3

Says the largest arms dealer in the world. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #4

It's "completely evil" for them to want to regulate it? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #6

That's not what the proposed treaty says, but that apparently escaped you. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #11

What? Where does that say it doesn't regulate sales? ProSense Sep 2013 #12

Wait, I'm confused.... Revanchist Sep 2013 #7

Yes, it's signed first and then ratified in the Senate. Hardlyaround Sep 2013 #8

Thanks, I thought it was the other way around Revanchist Sep 2013 #9

Yeah! Another step on the way to world wide peace. n/t BlueToTheBone Sep 2013 #13

K & R Scurrilous Sep 2013 #15

Good. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #16