 and they're less credible. The nation, as a nation, we're not really committing in the way we would commit if the legislature was behind it and the other countries could see that the nation was behind it. It's basically the difference between a president agreeing and the nation agreeing. There's also the question about the rise of presidential power and making whatever agreement he or she wants. The question that Hamilton raised is, can we always trust the president? This is the same question I'm going to ask in war.