It's politicians being petty to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars of tax payer money wasted per year. "Not remotely an example of anything that was discussed?" It may not be obvious from the outside, but the feeling for us tax payers is very similar. These are not just random nation states; they're supposed to be team members, and work together. But they'd rather score points with their own little sub groups by not yielding to the "other guys", thereby disadvantaging everyone. Sound familiar?