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by mbac32768 66 days ago
> Not only does the US not respect the commitments it already agreed to, it hasn't done so for the past 10 or years.

These commitments were commitments by the administration in the White House at that time. They were not accords or treaties ratified by Congress. Agree with them or don't, they should have been understood as what they were: limited in legitimacy and free to be canceled by the next administration with no discussion.

This isn't a matter of arcane political skullduggery, it's spelled out in the US Constitution's definition of treaty, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2. The people were not formally heard.

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The administration is administering the USA. It's the USA that commits. To other countries it does not matter what your internal rules are to what your country does.