u. n. batt ruling declared that china's interest there were invalid, and yet it continues to build on islands. it continues to paced at ships. there's a why they're not respect this ruling. well nor i think we all know that countries have various reasons for dis, ah, agreeing or not accepting these multilateral rulings. the w t o is a great example of that. so i think again, the doubles in the details. we have to see what will happen from here, but of course i think it's clear that for china has its reasons for saying that. look, we don't think this is an appropriate ruling that we're not ready to abide by. now . i don't know what the future will hold, but again, i think the most practical solution is a diplomatic one. larry says you wrote a book, say how the philippines one is maritime case against china. and yet you haven't been able to move forward, haven't been able to take action with that when, why not? the philippines was able to, well, during the last of the day, he did not use the victory of the philippines to leverage to negotiate with china. so he sort of set it aside, in fact, bec