Posted on 07/05/2006 12:25:56 AM PDT by KTM rider
A Mexican customs facility planned for Kansas City's inland port may have to be considered the sovereign soil of Mexico as part of an effort to lure officials in that country into cooperating with the Missouri development project.
Despite adamant denials by Kansas City Area Development Council officials, WND has obtained emails and other documents from top executives with the KCSmartPort project that suggest such a facility would by necessity be considered Mexican territory – despite its presence in the heartland of the U.S.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
It's nothing new. They been doing this for years with various countries in the U.S. and the U.S. in other countries.
What's the big deal? This sort of arrangement is as common as tomato soup.
And you note that NOWHERE does Corsi say that the land will become Mexican soverign territory min law, only that it will be treated as such - and what he does not say is that such treatment will be only for some limited commercial purposes. This is not a soverignity giveaway as the innuendo suggests.
I am certain that around the world there are numerous examples in free trade zones where other nations territory is treated as US territory for exactly the same commerce-friendly reasons.
Lighten up.
And Corsi should be ashamed of himself for this kind of noxious stirring up trouble where non exists.
I was wondering about this, thanks all, for clearing it up. Sounds like the bottom line is that the article is mostly inflamatory hyperbole.
This is nothing more than a glorified bonded trade zone, and you're off about "diplomatic immunity for the contents". Don't worry, no one, not even Corsi, is talking about "diplomatic immunity". This is only a customs deal and has no implications for terrorism.
The big picture here is the NAFTA Highway. The entire project will take away jobs from american truckers. The mexican trucks will just move all their frieght right through to canada, with a stop at the port in Kansas to check paperwork. Just another stop on the downward slide that is NAFTA. Thank you Congress!
Yep there's that insatiable Canadian pinata demand that they just can't keep up with without a way station in Missouri.
GET REAL!
This facility is to handle USA EXPORTS to Mexico, you twit!
And so the abusive and all-powerful central government stings the citizens once again...
World Net Daily hyperbole?
There isn't need to bash midnoon because of opposing views.
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