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Although there were many tactical mistakes, they still maintained a slightly superior strategic advantage on major strategic issues. Therefore, even if the CIA has repeatedly lost and fought in international affairs, the Soviet Union can only maintain a strategic balance and may not be able to comprehensively suppress the United States in international affairs, but on the contrary, the United States still has the opportunity to find the right time and solve all problems once and for all when the other side shows its Achilles' heel.

That's why Yanayev didn't dare to make mistakes and retreat in any of the exchanges, the United States could come back if it was defeated, and the Soviet Union was defeated, which may mean that there will be no more chances.

Leon Panetta, who served as White House chief of staff, was dissatisfied with President Mario's arbitrariness in international affairs, and as chief of budget staff, he helped formulate the 1993 budget and successfully defused the Mario government's budget crisis that year. His appointment as White House chief of staff coincided with a dispute between the Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives and the White House and Democrats over budget cuts in late 1995, leading to a federal shutdown until early 1996. Panetta, then President Mario's White House chief of staff, helped broker a bipartisan agreement to get the federal government through the crisis.

In good conscience, Panetta's strength is enough to assist the Mario government in dealing with various international affairs, but the other party has not let him do it, I don't know if it is out of distrust, or if President Mario just wants Panetta's chief of staff to do his job well.

But how could the ambitious Panetta let go of such an opportunity, and at a time when President Mario was distressed that he could not find an opportunity to embarrass the Soviet Union, Panetta brought his own plan to President Mario.

Plans for the International Convention on the Sea

When President Mario picked up the Panetta Plan, he still felt a little inexplicable, the United States, as a signatory of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea but not ratified the country, President Mario has his own considerations, so far, the opinion of the American economic community tends to believe that this Convention regards marine resources as the common wealth of mankind, which is actually synonymous with public property. This concept of property is a serious violation of the liberal economic policy of the United States. Moreover, the mainstream voice in economics believes that public property does not really play a role in protecting resources.

The second factor is the government, because the United States still has water disputes with Canada and other countries, and some American politicians believe that the convention will undermine US sovereignty. Some people in the United States believe that the Convention actually gives a very large part of human space - the oceans - to irresponsible, dictatorial and corrupt United Nations members, rogue states and failed states to abuse it.

The prevailing view in American legal circles has always been that international law should not bind the U.S. Congress and the government, especially the United Nations and its affiliates, and that members and ontologies are not formed in a strictly democratic manner. Sticking to its rules only benefits some countries, but undermines the sovereignty of the United States. The United States therefore did not participate in the Rome Convention establishing the International Criminal Court. The Government of the United States also held that an important element of the Convention was the guarantee of freedom of navigation on the high seas, but that this right had already been satisfied at the previous Convention Conference and that there was no need for a new treaty.

Considering all these factors, it is understandable that the US Congress will not approve the United States' accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. But at this moment, he wants to hear what Panetta has to say, after all, the other party is also the chief of staff of the White House, and the strength is second only to the president of the United States.

President Mario raised many questions in one breath, "The United States is now a maritime power, with abundant marine resources and a strong navy, so the market concept of free competition is the direction we are pursuing, so I don't want the international ocean capital to impose restrictions on our maritime activities." And when President Reagan rejected the convention in 1982, he pointed out some of his shortcomings, and we are particularly intolerable that not only did the International Ocean Authority agree that the United States had the right to modify the jump, but that a foreign competitor could take the United States or its maritime corporations to court under the convention. ”

It means that now the United States does not join, and it can still be rogue without following international conventions.

And Panetta retorted, "The United States has in fact complied." The United States ratified the Convention of the 1958 Conference, and the Reagan administration was generally willing to comply with the Convention by executive order, except for a few provisions. The so-called bureaucratic dictatorship that undermines the sovereignty of the United States or sets a precedent to expand international organizations is not sufficient. ”

"The implementation of the Convention guarantees navigation in the waters. In reality, there are more than 100 important international waters and straits, and their disputes are also hindering US ships and trade. It would be much more efficient for the United States to have a unified agreement to regulate it than for the United States to sign bilateral agreements with relevant countries one by one. A tool for the peaceful settlement of disputes. The Convention provides a peaceful means of settling disputes and is also helpful in resolving issues such as U.S.-Canadian waters. In a situation where the majority of countries recognize the convention, if a country that is not friendly to us like Iran wants to blockade the Persian Gulf, the United States will have the appeal of resorting to the convention, rather than directly unilaterally using force. ”

President Mario nodded, and the fact that he was famous for his division was indeed one of the advantages.

"Expanded the waters under the jurisdiction of the United States. The expansion of the exclusive economic zones of Alaska, Hawaii and other places under the convention actually expands the waters that the United States can administer, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for the United States. On the other hand, the Convention's guarantee of economic zones should make large U.S. offshore drilling companies more willing to invest in development. In the past, due to the lack of security, the development of this industry has been bottlenecked. ”

"And most importantly, we can follow the regulations of the International Convention on the Sea to better provoke conflicts with countries with maritime sovereignty problems."

Panetta's words made President Mario pause, "The Soviet Union? Are you referring to the issue of the four northern islands of the United States, or the issue of the Turkish Straits issue? However, in the current situation, both of these issues are well controlled by the Soviet Union, and the United States has no chance of intervening at all. ”

"That's just one of our goals, the whole ocean is so big, but there is a dispute over the maritime issue, and it is the surface and potential enemy of the United States, which country will it be?" Panetta asked with a mysterious expression.

"You mean, China?" President Mario paused for a moment.

"Yes, China." The White House chief of staff curled the corners of his mouth, "Add the issue of the four northern islands to the more complicated issue of China's South China Sea, which is why we joined the International Convention on the Sea." After all, the Soviet Union and China are the last two stumbling blocks for the United States to dominate the world. (To be continued.) )