pdm
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The US never signed the Mine Ban Treaty.
We didn't? Do we just sort of agree to not use them then?
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The US never signed the Mine Ban Treaty.
We didn't? Do we just sort of agree to not use them then?
Not only did we not make such an agreement, we reserved the right to use them if we so choose to.
Many folks get the idea that since some of our politicians (Congress) are so against mines, that we must have renounced them. We haven't. The military still trains them, too. Mostly Claymores, but they're still mines. Regular troops don't put normal mines in, Combat Engineers (Sappers) do. We do know how to remove mines, when we need to, but usually just cal EOD to deal with it.
Guess what?
We didn't sign anything saying we won't use Nukes or Chemical weapons, either. We simply said we won't use them FIRST.
Most of the Mexican military incursions in this country (and there have been a LOT) are due to them acting as guards for the drug mules.
It's ridiculous.
I'd guess somewhat lower than a snake's ass in a swamp.How high do you think the morale is in the Border Patrol right about now?
I'd guess somewhat lower than a snake's ass in a swamp.
I'd guess somewhat lower than a snake's ass in a swamp.
Not only did we not make such an agreement, we reserved the right to use them if we so choose to.
-“The United States has committed to eliminate persistent landmines of all types from its arsenal..." (no more "dumb" mines)
-"The use of non-self-destructing antipersonnel mines is permissible until 2010, but only in Korea"
-"The use of non-self-destructing antivehicle mines will be allowed globally until 2010, but only after presidential authorization. The use of low metal content (non-detectable) non-self-destructing landmines was banned on 3 January 2005."
-"The last recorded use of antipersonnel mines by the United States was in the first Gulf War in 1991"
http://www.icbl.org/lm/2006/us.html
The US stockpiles 10.4 million antipersonnel mines and 7.5 million antivehicle mines, the third largest landmine stockpile in the world after China and Russia. The stockpile has 2.8 million non-self-destructing landmines, including 1.16 million M14 and M16 antipersonnel mines and about 403,000 Claymore mines.[33] Mixed systems that contain both self-destructing antipersonnel and antivehicle mines constitute 11 percent of the overall stockpile
Actually, IIRC Bush repudiated the doctrin of no 1st use shortly after 911 in a speach that got surprisingly little play. Basically he said we reserve the right to use 'any and all' of our weapons if we believe we're about to be attacked - which was the first time since WWII we've publicly said anything other then retaliation in kind.
Most of the Mexican military incursions in this country (and there have been a LOT) are due to them acting as guards for the drug mules.
It's ridiculous.