If, on the other hand, the members of the U.S. Senate trouble themselves to study, or at least read, the text of the Law of the Sea Treaty, they would immediately see it for what it really is: a diplomatic dinosaur, a throwback to a bygone era when U.N. negotiations were dominated by Communists of the Soviet Union and their fellow travelers in the Third World.
Lugar criticizes the Law of the Sea Treaty as outdated and harmful to U.S. interests.
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