So. . .do I get an answer,
I my opinion, The US should produce and use lumber grown in the US because it is a very large nation in which forests can, did and should be
grown!
It would be unreasonable to expect the same from Iceland, or Saudi Arabia for example.
By making a purely economic decision to import the needs of a continent sized industrial nation, using unsustainable methods, extreme amounts of damage are being done to the biosphere. This is a deliberate act of vandalism and is a crime against the planet, In my opinion. (And the main reason behind all the science denial)
I accept that you are making some (probably futile) attempts to repair the huge amounts of damage caused by previous generations to your nations forests. That you are doing this while still allowing US corporations to commit the same offence in other nations is quite simply proof of guilt.
Yes, sorry about being a fanatic, but this unfortunately is the
main economic force that created your nations great wealth in the first place. Continuing to perpetrate it in other nations, despite all we know about its detrimental effects, can really only be described as the calculated theft of other nations ability to create natural wealth via sustainable forestry.
GW dropped international law, because he realised that "industries" like this would then be challenged time and time again in international courts over their plans. Causing the US to face up to the consequences of its own historic uncontrolled resourcing. So now people can steal your IP...just so that some can carry on making lots of money by Not Growing Trees. Its economic insanity at its worst.
The Silence continues. The War Of Lies has no end.