and the reality is that we are now in a world in which, frarngly, in order to be able to deal with those myriad of threats it's not enough for the navy to go around the world asserting its strength to solve those myriad of threats which i just defined. the only way we're going to do that in this world is to have alliances with our countries and deal with another approach so that other countries, as well, understand the threats they confront and deal with those threats. that's the kind of world we're part of. that's the kind of world we live in. it's for that reason that the law of the seas becomes important, because it is one of those vehicles in which to engage the world. 160 nations have conceded to it and we say to hell with them. we're not going to participate in that. then 160 nations will determine what happens as to the law of the sea and we won't be there. that he the reason, from a national security point of view, from a very practical point of view, from the point of view of what's the best interest of the united states that we have to c acede to this convention. we say that ev