Owing to frequent occurrence of themajoroilspillaccidents, the internationalcommunityhasestablishedatreatysystemcontrollingpollutionfrom shipsandmade perfectrules.
But taking in newly democratic countries from Central and Eastern Europe has stretched the rules somewhat, since none is treaty-perfect (though that applies to some older hands, too).
Iraqi Scud attacks, however, clearly debunked the central theses of ABM Treaty devotees, namely that being undefended was better than being defended and that only a "perfect" defense would be acceptable.