The US is really, really interested in limiting land mines.
“Maj-Gen Gitti said about 400 representatives from 148 countries which signed the Ottawa Convention in 1999 were expected to join the meeting.”
The US ain’t one of these 148 countries. I wonder how many other countries aren’t signatory, and who they are? (Hint - think Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Vietnam, Egypt, and Turkey.)
"A mined pasture is a peaceful pasture." (Sound familiar?) Most of the time, anyway. And a one-legged kid is a tragedy to most of us.
Arf