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Might be a good time for them to sign. If they don't want to do that they could declare a state of war and demand non-military cooperation from NATO signatories. And the "law of the sea" is much older than the recent treaties, anyway. They could always act in accordance with the latest treaty and ask why they should sign if other signatories won't act on their obligations.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Jun 2nd, 2010 at 11:21:29 PM EST
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Not the best precedents to set, though.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Jun 2nd, 2010 at 11:33:30 PM EST
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It's amazing how many countries manage to act in ways that set not so good precedents.

aspiring to genteel poverty

by edwin (eeeeeeee222222rrrrreeeeeaaaaadddddd@@@@yyyyaaaaaaa) on Thu Jun 3rd, 2010 at 07:48:49 AM EST
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