Leon Panetta actually said...

these cuts would do catastrophic damage to our military, hollowing out the force and degrading its ability to protect the country.

But in no other situation in which our security interests are so much at stake do we consider customary international law good enough to pro...

For too long, the United States has failed to act on this treaty.

I think the question you have to ask yourself is whether or not acceding to this Convention gives us the best of both worlds.