Can the Iranian deal be done even if the rethugs, won't go for it? I really hope so, because both

[Savannahmann]

22. And you think that would matter?

Kyoto. World wide acceptance. US, not so much. No real fallout from failing to adopt the protocols. No real problem for the Republicans. They continue with denial of Climate Change.

World Court.

International Criminal Court

World ban on landmines.

Prohibitions on Human Trafficking.

Shall I continue? I can, easily.

The fact that the United States stands alone in failing to adopt those and many other protocols, treaties, protections, and agreements hasn't harmed us so far. We ignore laws we don't like, internationally, and domestically.

Remember Robert Seldon Lady? CIA Station Chief in Italy, who helped kidnap a man and put him through years of torture under the guise of Rendition? Convicted in absentia in Italy for his participation in the crime of kidnapping an innocent man, Lady was forced to watch his million dollar retirement villa in Italy get seized by the court and handed over to the victim of his abuse. An international warrant for his arrest and extradition to Italy is in the system. It's in INTERPOL. Lady was caught in Panama, held for about twenty four hours because of that Warrant, and then the CIA whisked him away to safety.

So international extradition treaties are ignored, because we don't like them.

So the idea that if a Republican is elected, and he walks away, that the World will view us poorly is laughable. Because concern about what the world thinks isn't doing a damned thing to make us obey any laws, agreements, or standards of behavior, and probably never will. We are apparently too arrogant to be bothered with such mundane minutia.

How about the President of Bolivia's plane being forced to land due to US pressure during the search for Snowden? Meh, who cares if some tin pot self proclaimed President of some banana republic is forced to endure things that would have had our nation scrambling squadrons of nuclear weapon armed bombers. What are they going to do, declare war on us? We're so big and powerful that no one dare oppose us.

So the idea that world opinion would some how motivate the Republicans, when it doesn't motivate the far more receptive Democrats is not just laughable, it is insulting.