But despite dismay over this internecine struggle, which to outsiders seemed fueled entirely by personal ambitions, most of the big donors, including the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, have continued to honor their commitments.

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Finally even if one believes the Soviets will honor their commitments to make arms cuts and that no build-up in forces will ensue until the cuts have been fully implemented it is simply wrongheaded to think the United States will be advantaged should Moscow decide to resume its accretion of military power.

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Finally even if one believes the Soviets will honor their commitments to make arms cuts and that no build-up in Soviet forces will ensue until the cuts have been faithfully implemented it is simply wrongheaded to think the United States will be advantaged should Moscow decide to resume its campaign to accrue military power.

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We believe, moreover, that the Bush Administration's stances on such treaties reflect a clear-eyed assessment of the real limits of diplomacy with nations that do not honor their commitments, that deliberately conceal their activities so as to defeat verification and that seek to use bilateral and multilateral agreements as instruments of asymmetric warfare against nations like the United States that abide by their treaty obligations.

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That will benefit every law-abiding member of the "international community" far more so than they would from any number of agreements with those who do not respect the rule of law or intend to honor their treaty commitments pursuant to it.

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Many partners, including some with lucrative guarantees, had much of their compensation deferred because there wasn't enough money to honor commitments, according to current and former lawyers.

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