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this is the second version renegotiated under Ronald Reagan. Keep in mind that we are presently abiding by that tready. Also, the treaty gives us the option of electing arbitrators/mediators INSIDE THE USA. I think this is a red herring postulated by people who really don’t know about the treaty.

But we are only abiding by some of the provisions of it, and are not bound by it. Therefore, Russia and China can "drill baby drill" right off the coast of Alaska, and the only option we have is a military one.

69 posted on 03/21/2011 10:45:45 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")

and the only option we have is a military one.

That's why we have a Navy, to protect free navigation and our sovereign territory.

And we don't have to beg the United Nations and its unelected international bureaucrats to exercise it, either.

73 posted on 03/21/2011 10:51:26 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (Pay heed to your principled position and you won't have to worry about your political position.)