Maybe I'll just make a couple of comments, Mr. Harris.
We want to make sure that the Arctic does not become a war zone. The best way to ensure that is to remove temptation. When you have these outlandish claims made by the Russians to vast portions of the Arctic, when they are seeking to get energy without much regard for the fragile ecology, when they disregard international law in a blatant fashion, which they have, then it is really essential that we take reasonable steps that include both hardware and software, so to speak, to try to prevent that kind of emboldening of a regime in Russia, which is behaving more and more like a rogue state rather than a responsible member of the international community.
Often we don't have choices. I would much rather see money spent on education and our health care than on the military, but we also have a responsibility to our own citizens. Also, we are members of a number of alliances, so we have a responsibility to our allies, as well. We need to develop multiple capacities.
I think as an advanced industrialized state, we also occupy a leadership position in the world. We are one of the most important states internationally. We are proponents of democracy, and that is to be taken seriously and carries an obligation to do what is necessary, and sometimes it's very painful. As I mentioned earlier, there's no deterrent on the cheap.