{"id":28768,"date":"2016-07-12T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T16:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28768"},"modified":"2016-07-12T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T16:06:28","slug":"the-law-of-the-sea-treaty-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28768","title":{"rendered":"The Law of the Sea Treaty in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

In June 12, I posted<\/a> a letter from a group of retired senior military leaders stating their reasons for opposing The Law of the Sea Treaty.\u00a0 The letter lists in detail their reasons for opposing the treaty<\/a>. The treaty was not ratified. Recent events illustrate the wisdom of not ratifying<\/a> the treaty.<\/p>\n

Today The Center for Security Policy<\/a> posted a small article about the actual usefulness of the treaty.<\/p>\n

This is the article:<\/p>\n

The International Arbitration<\/a> Tribunal of the Law of the Sea Treaty has just ruled that one of LOST\u2019s member states, Communist China<\/a>, has violated the rights of another, the Philippines<\/a>. Beijing<\/a> was found to have no valid claim to the South China Sea<\/a>, despite its manufacturing and arming of islands throughout the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Chinese have imperiously rejected the ruling and are now in a position forcibly to resist any effort to enforce it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I and other critics of the Law of the Sea Treaty have long argued, its restrictions only apply to law-abiding nations. Were the U.S. to join, it would impose real burdens on us<\/em>. But it cannot on countries like China that routinely breach their treaty obligations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The stage is being inexorably set for conflict in the Western Pacific<\/a>. China is preparing for it. And so must we.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have been warned. Are we paying attention?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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