Now that all the cards are on the table, if France is allowed to violate the treaty, no one would comply and the Euro currency would be doomed.

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Now, in the aftermath of the ministerial discussions in the Tetons, the USSR is demanding that a side agreement be reached that would permit the Soviet Union to abandon the treaty reducing strategic arms should the United States choose to withdraw from or to violate the 1972 ABM Treaty in order to deploy significant defenses.

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Thus, trying to fix software patents might cause us to violate our international treaty obligations.

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