Second Rule of Diplomacy: In order to be able to ask for concessions and set conditions one must be engaged in the discussions. ie: if you take your football home you don't get to set the rules for the game. So do we really want to jump ship and form another organization, separating us from the majority of racing sailors???, and ... "Keep your friends close, put keep your enemies closer"; by staying involved don't we keep our "enemies" closer???