Originally posted by blidgepump
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................personally, I would prefer it to be under laws and treaties, for three main reasons.
First of all, under law, if they steal you can bust them. Can't do too much if it is just an understanding.
Secondly, under law or treaty, it may codify it enough so a politician doesn't declare it a grave just because they don't want someone finding out what really went wrong, doesn't want to spend the money or time to properly protect it.
Ie, while it wasn't a warship, remember that ferry that went down a number of years back in European waters? The politicians soon declaring it a grave, declaring it off limits? The ability to do that seems that an easy way to me for politicians to avoid responsibility.
Finally, if it is codified, then we might prevent having so many places called graves so no one can do anything on the planet. After all, heaven help you if on the land you bought with hard earned money Indian burial grounds are found.
Is it the same thing? Well, suppose you want to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico in the EEZ....and you find the wreck of the French submarine Surcouf. The country's land, your paid for lease, your money........and there it is. Do you just say, "Oh, well, let our people freeze."? (Surcouf is supposedly farther south, but for the purpose of argument, let's just say....)
.............................................do you just say, leave K-129 undisturbed, we don't need that information? I know we did one heck of a burial for those we brought up, but quite a few people saw the situation like those are seeing it here.
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