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The world does not care about the minutiae of US's internal political system. In the case of Paris, an agreement was signed and not respected.
by gonvaled 8y ago
The world does not care about the minutiae of US's internal political system. In the case of Paris, an agreement was signed and not respected.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoWell, we don't care about your (deliberate?) ignorance. The difference matters to us. In the case of Paris, the agreement was signed by someone who did not have the authority to bind the US to the agreement. If you felt that we are breaking our agreement, well, I can understand your disappointment, but the problem was your understanding of the situation, not the US's "not respecting agreements". (When someone "makes a commitment" for your country, who does not have that authority, do you want to be bound by it?)
- hirundo 8y agoWould you feel the same if it were President Trump who signed an accord, say, to subsidize greater greenhouse gas emmisions, and President Warren withdrew from it?
- gonvaled 8y agoMost countries would not be signatories of such an accord, so there would be little to withdraw from. Paris was a hard-fought compromise, involving concessions from all involved. A difficult negotiation, achieved with great effort and time investment, and shattered to pieces in two minutes.