1997 – In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People’s Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however. (wikipedia)

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It was a tossup today between the landmine treaty (Since 1990, the United States has exported more than $152 billion worth of weapons to states around the world. Many of these sales have been to repressive and/or unstable governments.) and the Bhopal gas leak for today’s American failure. But the leak was likely an accident. America wanting to make and sell landmines was no accident. It’s a shameful crime.