From: "Robert G Lewis" 

No I'm serious, why bring up that it was a Clinton era law ?

I can understand that in a discussion of history but don't see the relevance here.


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:433f7e11$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Clinton didn't veto it so he must have supported it.
>
> Gary
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> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:433ed722$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Bush didn't ask for MOST of our current laws to be passed, yet I would
>> expect him to follow and through his Attorney General enforce them as I
>> would any President of the US.. So why say it was a Clinton Era law ?
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>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:433ed60a{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > Its a 1998 Clinton era law.  Not a law Bush asked to be passed.
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> > news:433ed399{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> So - Bushies  "courageously" managed to use the
law against Eritrea?
>> > It's
>> >> yet another law that makes us appear disingenuous to the
world while
>> >> fulfilling the self serving needs of whichever party is in power.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Gary Britt"  wrote
in message
>> >> news:433ecc89{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> > 1998 Law.  So Bush NOT Clinton was the brave and courageous
>> >> > President
>> > who
>> >> > put Saudi Arabia on the list for the first time.  So
Bush has done
> more
>> >> > against Saudi Arabia under this law than Clinton ever did.
>> >> >
>> >> > Gary
>> >> >
>> >> > "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>> >> > news:433ded59{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> >> Sanctions vs oil. Oil wins each time.  Eritrea
better find that oil
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050930/ts_nm/religion_saudi_usa_dc
>> >> >> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has
postponed punishing
> Saudi
>> >> >> Arabia, its close ally and key oil supplier, for
restricting
> religious
>> >> >> freedom -- the first time Washington has waived
punishing a
>> >> >> blacklisted
>> >> >> country under a 1998 law targeting violators of
religious rights.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> U.S. officials said on Friday the Bush
administration had decided
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> delay
>> >> >> imposing sanctions on Saudi Arabia for six months.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In a rare official rebuke a year ago, Washington
designated Saudi
>> > Arabia
>> >> > as
>> >> >> one of only eight countries worldwide that could
be sanctioned. The
>> >> >> blacklisting in an annual report said religious
freedom did not
> exist
>> > in
>> >> > the
>> >> >> kingdom.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> With this year's report due out next month, the
Bush administration
>> >> >> needed
>> >> >> to decide on sanctioning Saudi Arabia and chose
to give the kingdom
> a
>> >> >> further six months to negotiate how it might
improve its record.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "We have not seen strong progress in the
area of legal protection
> for
>> >> >> religious freedom," State Department
spokesman Kurtis Cooper said.
>> > "(But)
>> >> > we
>> >> >> welcome Saudi recognition of the need to make
improvements and
> create
>> >> >> a
>> >> > more
>> >> >> tolerant society."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> With high oil prices affecting the U.S. economy
and dragging on
>> >> >> President George W. Bush's popularity, Democrats
have charged he
>> >> >> has
>> >> > largely
>> >> >> ignored Saudi Arabia's rights record for fear of
causing any
> backlash
>> >> >> from
>> >> >> the oil supplier.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Prominent Saudis dismiss as politically
motivated U.S. criticism of
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> country's strict Wahhabi brand of Islam.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In contrast to its decision on Saudi Arabia, the
United States
> decided
>> > to
>> >> >> sanction Eritrea by banning military exports to
the Horn of Africa
>> >> > country,
>> >> >> the officials said.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Vietnam, the third country added to the
blacklist last year, has
>> > avoided
>> >> >> sanctions after agreeing to improve its record,
they added.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The other countries the United States considers
serious violators
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> religious freedom are   North Korea, Myanmar,
Sudan,   Iran and
> China.
>> >> >>
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