At any given time, hundreds of U.S. flag ships and ships owned by U.S. companies rely on the freedom of navigation rights codified in the treaty while crossing the world’s oceans, said chamber President and Chief Executive Thomas J. Donohue, testifying last month before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
While we can always rely on the U.S. Navy to ensure lawful passage of U.S.-flagged and owned ships, it only makes sense to join with the international community in establishing and protecting lawful passage on the high seas. The absurdity of this logic is massive.
What this numb-nut just said, is that we need a new level of bureaucracy before we can be safe on the high seas. Hmmmmm, we had no safety before 1994? Really?
So now we really need permission from the U. N. to conduct any activity on the high seas? That's a good thing, something to be desired?
Why not require permission before you can get in the bath-tub sir? Don't you want to be safe there too?