[1rudeboy]

Precisely the opposite. Schooled on international law again . . . will you ever learn to actually study what comes-up on one of your frantic Google searches before claiming authority on the subject?

[hedgetrimmer]

Precisely the opposite

Where did the IMO come from? The people of the United States of America, or the United Nations?

All along I have said that international treaties are diminishing our sovereignty as Americans. The MTSA is another example of a rule that Americans should have created without ANY international interference whatsoever, especially since it was America that was attacked.

However, each of the security requirements in the MTSA have been made to align with SOLAS amendments and ISPS code. In other words, instead of acting unilaterally on behalf of the American people, the Coast Guard and our government created a security plan that conforms to the 'standards' of an international treaty organization. That indisputably diminishes US ability to act in individual self interest in time of war.