[wideminded]

I was listening to the hearings about the LOST on C-SPAN. Many current and former top Navy people were testifying that it is in our interest to sign the LOST, principally because it will clarify many things which are very ambiguous under the framework of prior treaties. They said that there are many rumors about the treaty that are not true, a lot of them concerning UN powers granted by the treaty. They said that the only way the UN is connected with the treaty is that the UN organized the meetings of countries where the treaty was negotiated.

They said that we are establishing our own rights and not only granting them to foreign countries and that on balance this is in our favor. They said that they are satisfied with language in the treaty concerning the free movement of military ships.

These guys did not seem like traitors to me.

Here's the Wikipedia article on the LOST.

[Iconoclast2]

Wake up, dude. We don’t “establish our rights” by signing treaties. We LIMIT them.

[TigersEye]

Google Frank Gafney(sp?) and LOST. He is no lightweight on foreign affairs and U.S. sovereignty and he isn’t too keen on LOST. But he is informative.