covers international mail delivery. this is the boy who cried wolf. they think that every single international treaty the u.s. is a part of is a bad idea. and some of them are. i think you could make the case that the imf treaty is a good idea given, that a, the russians are violating it, and b, the chinese are not bound by it. even though the europeans are going to be unhappy, i think you could make the case for pulling out of it. i wish they were smarter and more discriminating in terms of picking their spots instead of just having this complete animus against all international obligations. >> let's talk timing, admiral. why pull out now? >> i don't know. inmean, obviously we know that they have been in violation, as you rightly said. president obama, we made that case in 2014. i used to think until today that what the -- that the bellicose rhetoric coming out of boltond on this was to try to coerce the russians to get back into compliance by threatening to pull out. you know, it's a negotiating tactic. but the president was clear, he's doing it right now. and i don't honestly know what the timing, what's relevant about the timing on this. >> i have a theory.