2003年入侵伊拉克依然是证据甲。 但这并不是唯一的证据，包括联合国安理会（会同英法两国）于2011年越权发布的利比亚命令，以及杰西卡·马修斯所描述的美国在面对包括《生物多样性公约 》 、 《全面禁止核试验条约 》 、 《酷刑议定书》以及与南中国海直接相关的《联合国海洋法公约 》 （ UNCLOS）等约束性协定时所制造的“多边承诺的荒漠 ” 。
The invasion of Iraq in 2003 remains Exhibit A. But there are others, including the overreach (alongside the United Kingdom and France) of the UN Security Council’s mandate in Libya in 2011, and what Jessica Mathews has described as the “wasteland for multilateral commitments” in the US approach to binding treaties, including the Convention on Biodiversity, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the Protocol on Torture, and, most relevant to the South China Sea, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).