Political Quotes

“Mr. President, condition No. 30 would hold hostage our joining the Chemical Weapons Convention to the condition that rogue states--several rogue states, such as Iraq, Libya and North Korea--would have to sign and ratify the treaty before we became party to the treaty. This has a very perverse impact. The first impact is we wouldn't be in the treaty. We would not have ratified the treaty, if we ratified this condition. Second, it has a perverse impact. It would prevent the United States from participating in the convention until a band of 2-bit regimes that specialize in flaunting norms of civilized behavior decide for us when we should be a member of this treaty. Seventy-four nations have already signed onto it. This condition turns the present global arrangement on its head. Instead of the civilized nations of the world setting the rules, this condition effectively let's the villains determine the rules of the road and American policy.”