Unworkable Treaties
Your editorial page again takes the president to task for two issues: His failure to support the Kyoto Protocol and the proposed abandonment of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty signed in 1972 with the Soviet Union (“Be a Friend, Mr. Bush,” editorial, Aug. 21).
About two years ago the U.S. Senate voted against the proposed treaty, roughly 98 to 0, because it was unworkable. Also, it is generally accepted that several of the large industrial nations are not in position to meet the conditions of the Kyoto “treaty.” Hence, its adoption now is a farce.
The Antiballistic Missile Treaty was signed with an entity, the USSR, which no longer exists.
Charles E. Nichols
Hemet
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