In a November 2009 cable titled "Mistral Sale Could Destabilize Black Sea," John R. Bass, the American ambassador to Georgia, recommended that the Obama administration discourage the sale or at least seek a stipulation that the Russians should not deploy the vessel in the Black Sea.
Furthermore, the UN should not deploy troops from a troop-contributing country whose armed forces have a recent record of human-rights abuses.
He added that under the circumstances of the accident, Mr. Scheuer's airbag should not have deployed.
That's part of a track record that goes back to the 1970's when he ran for Congress the first time and said troops should not be deployed without U.N. approval.
The next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, said it was unlikely that missile defenses would be fielded in President Bush's current term and should not be deployed at all until tests proved their effectiveness.
A4 U.S. Asks for Congo Force The United States introduced a Security Council resolution to create a peacekeeping force of 5,500 troops, but said they should not be deployed until the fighting stopped.
The next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said today that it was highly unlikely that missile defenses would be fielded in President Bush's current term, and should not be deployed at all until repeated tests proved their effectiveness.
America has also suggested having Russian liaison officers at the installations.Russia, for its part, says that the interceptors should not be deployed in Poland until the threat is real, and wants the tracking radar in the Czech Republic to be cemented into the ground so that it cannot be moved.
After a series of high-level meetings last month about how to end a widening war in Congo, the United States introduced a Security Council resolution today to create a peacekeeping force of 5,500 troops for the country, but said they should not be deployed until the warring factions had stopped fighting.
There are two types of sanctions that should not be deployed in this case.
In contrast, "albedo-modification technologies, which aim to increase the ability of Earth or clouds to reflect incoming sunlight, pose considerable risks and should not be deployed at this time," the panel says.
