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February 4, 2007
Jacques Chirac to USA: Sign Kyoto or Else
Posted by Dave Blount at February 4, 2007 10:34 AM
Jacques Chirac may be the failed leader of a dying nation, but he still considers himself in a position to shout orders at the USA.
Our Senate voted 95-0 not to ratify the charade known as the Kyoto protocol on the grounds that it would accomplish nothing other than to plunge our economy into a depression. But now Chirac demands that we sign it, or face a punitive "carbon tax" on all exports to the European Union.
The reasons European nations and particularly France would want us to sign Kyoto are obvious to any reader of Machiavelli. When there is a single strong state interacting with a bunch of weak states, the weak states will inevitably team up against the strong one. Not even the most fanatical Kool-Aid guzzlers believe the USA signing Kyoto would have any significant effect on the weather; the point is to hobble our economy to such a degree that the floundering socialists in Europe can keep up with it.
Underscoring the phoniness of Chirac's posture, he is in the envirokooks' doghouse for conducting nuclear tests, siding with farmers against environmentalists, and allocating too many carbon emission credits to businesses. The punitive tax he wants to inflict may be a violation of international trade rules.
On a tip from Wiggins.
