Heads of state are beginning to arrive and so is the US delegation: Senator Kerry and others will be arrive Wednesday. Do you see anything positive about American politicians showing up?The US negotiators have squandered a tremendous amount of goodwill. Tremendous. I know readers of The Huffington Post might not want to hear this, but the Democrats have squandered so much opportunity. We've see these huge outpourings of support of the US--we saw it after 9/11 and we saw it when Obama was elected. So many were so happy about the US re-engaging in the climate process. But I think it has done way more harm than good. It's given countries the opportunities to weaken the targets they are putting on the table, like Japan. The US has lowered the bar and set goals so low, it's been destructive. I think it would be better if the US had continued to stay out of it. I don't see any point in US politicians coming here.
When chief negotiator Jonathan Pershing offers for the US to pay $1.5 Billion to help with climate change, and says "the US only has so much largess" Americans have no idea
US emits so much and has caused this problem. This is NOT about charity. This is about moral responsibility.
more:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091221/goldstein
I quote John Kerry in my "Rolling Stone" article about climate rage: It is imperative that the US act because of rage around the world about its behavior on this issue. Anti-Americanism because of this is real and will only continue to grow.
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