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femmedem

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5. Good point.

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 22, 2023, 05:40 AM

Sep 2023

I wondered, too. I also thought he was too optimistic about, for example, carbon capture. But I give him credit for going on TV and speaking highly about the summit instead of complaining that the US was snubbed. And I thought he would have been a helluva president had he not been swiftboated.

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Humanity has 'opened gates of hell' says UN Secretary General at climate summit - BBC News [View all] OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 OP

I wonder if the US didn't attend because we refused or weren't welcome. femmedem Sep 2023 #1

We weren't invited OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #2

Thanks. I just watched Kerry on MSNBC. femmedem Sep 2023 #3

I saw him speak as well OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #4

Good point. femmedem Sep 2023 #5

...had he not been swiftboated OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #6