Reply #263: Well put it this way- there's not much you can do about it

[Tinoire]

short of remaining inquisitive and getting your answers so that you're aware enough to know what to protest and also to make wiser selections when voting.

There's a lot more information out there but you're not going to find that much on the inernet. Already, it's not a "popular" subject and most of it would be so highly classified that you can bet your sould it won't see the light of day for many decades.

I'm glad you're concerned. You should be. We ALL should be. And we should all be OUTRAGED that the US has refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Read that and shiver because it's a clear announcement to the world that we reserve the right to test any weapon we want.

To date, all but 3 of the 44 nations (India, Pakistan, and North Korea) have signed the CTBT and 31 of the Annex 2 states (those that have nuclear weapons or nuclear facilities whose signature and ratification are required to bring the treaty into force) have ratified the treaty. Of the 13 states that have signed, but not ratified the treaty the United States of American and the People's Republic of China are notable exceptions.

Despite these huge warning signs you're expected to put blind faith in the fact that you're pouring trillions into weapons development but that the only weapons we have out there, are the ones you can google up, and that they're deceloping a bunch of obscene weapons that just, ha, sit on the shelf untested. I have no idea what happened in the Indian Ocean but my mind is not closed to the fact that this criminal administration can not be trusted AT ALL and that no stone should ever be left unturned.

Btw, here's how our Senators voted on the issue
http://www.clw.org/coalition/bckgrvts.htm

Note about that website:

* This website is a permanent archive of the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers. This material will no longer be updated after January 1, 2002. The archive is maintained by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

So if you really want to watch this issue:

http://archive.greenpeace.org/comms/nukes/ctbt/
http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/ctbt/