Put Your Policy Where your Money Is

Editorial, Welt Online (in German) | November 27, 2009

The United States still has not ratified the anti-landmine Treaty. ++ So far, 156 nations have signed on, making the US the only NATO member still holding out. ++ The US has not produced any landmines since the convention in 1993 but the military continues to stockpile the weapons, which would be impossible under the new treaty. ++ Furthermore, in that time, the US has become the largest financer in the fight to remove war weapons globally, spending some 1.3 billion. ++ It is time to make their commitment official.