Obama's Climate Agreement: Failure

So PresBo ran to Copenhagen and used all of his eloquence and personal power to ram through a climate change agreement. When he was finished, PresBo called the agreement "historic" and "unprecedented."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34488054/ns/world_news-washington_post

President Obama helped broker a climate deal with a group of leading nations that provides for monitoring emission cuts by each country but sets no global target for cutting greenhouse gases, and no deadline for reaching a formal international climate treaty.

The deal falls far short of many countries' expectations for the summit and leaves a comprehensive battle plan for climate change potentially years away. Although the agreement included some major players -- China, India, Brazil and South Africa -- it was not universally agreed upon by the 193 nations attending the summit. In fact, some leaders left early Friday in apparent frustration

The agreement? Forget entirely about emission caps, the agreement simply establishes carbon MONITORING... and it's not even binding.

"Today we made a meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough here in Copenhagen," he said. But, he added, "It is going to be very hard, and it's going to take some time" to get a legally binding treaty. That, he said, "was not achievable at this conference."

And because it's non-binding, Presbo's signature is meaningless... and may not even be required... he said so himself.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30794.html

“You know, it raises an interesting question as to whether technically there's actually a signature… It's not a legally binding agreement, I don't know what the protocols are,” said a bleary-eyed Obama, before hopping in Air Force One for the trip back to Washington.

For the record, I am glad that the Copenhagen Summit produced no strict and legally binding treaty to be placed in front of the current disgrace we call a Senate. The science of man-caused global warming has been repeatedly called into doubt, especially in recent weeks, and taking political action on what amounts to a shakily defended THEORY is inexcusable.

That said, the agreement that PresBo personally advocated and pushed was so far from what the Summit was INTENDED to achieve that it is laughable. They WANTED a binding agreement to drastically cut emissions. They GOT a non-binding agreement to allow emissions monitoring. Wow... that certainly is historic and unprecedented.

But then, everything that PresBo does is historic and unprecedented... just ask him.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29896.html