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TREASON!!
1 posted on 02/21/2012 6:40:59 AM PST by JSDude1
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Giving away what you don’t really own is a hallmark of this administration.


2 posted on 02/21/2012 6:43:26 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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I yield to no one in my contempt for Barack Obama and all his works, but give the Devil his due. Judging by the map included with the article, the islands in question are clearly in what ought to be Russian territory. It would be nice if we could get something in return for the concession, but overall this treaty is nothing more than a routine bit of map tidying.


4 posted on 02/21/2012 7:04:47 AM PST by Mountain Troll (My investment plan - Canned food and shotguns)
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I yield to no one in my contempt for Barack Obama and all his works, but give the Devil his due. Judging by the map included with the article, the islands in question are clearly in what ought to be Russian territory. It would be nice if we could get something in return for the concession, but overall this treaty is nothing more than a routine bit of map tidying.


5 posted on 02/21/2012 7:05:00 AM PST by Mountain Troll (My investment plan - Canned food and shotguns)
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The Obama Administration is reportedly giving away Wrangell, Bennett, Jeannette and Henrietta islands in Alaska to Russia.

Hold your horses folks.

1. Wrangell Island has never been claimed by the United States, although it was once claimed by Canada. It has been continuously occupied by Russia since 1924.

2. Bennett Island, Jeannette Island and Henrietta Island are part of the DeLong archipelago -- discovered by American explorers, yes, but off the Northern coast of Siberia and nowhere remotely near the United States. They have never been claimed by America, never been settled by Americans and have been actively claimed by Russia for the last century.

6 posted on 02/21/2012 7:06:14 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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This story is complete Wing Nut Daily garbage.

1) We don't own the islands, so it's hard to give them away. Wrangel Island has a Russian village on it and has been continuously controlled by the Russians/Soviets for over a hundred years.

2) None of these islands were included in the purchase of Alaska from Russia.

3) The islands aren't "in Alaska" they are all very far on the Russian side of the Bering Strait, and all but 1 are in fact North of Siberia.

7 posted on 02/21/2012 7:10:35 AM PST by Strategerist
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I could be a rich man if I had a penny everytime one is pulling this thread.

These islands are de-facto Russian for decades. Residents had Soviet passports and has Russian passports now. One of the islands had a Soviet airbase and early warning radar until it’s closure in late 90’s. Just look at the map and see it belongs to Siberia not Alaska.


9 posted on 02/21/2012 7:23:50 AM PST by cunning_fish
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Biden wants to throw in Road Island as an added bonus.


12 posted on 02/21/2012 8:00:02 AM PST by Energizer45678
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Kind of like Clinton, under the radar, giving Iwo Jima back to the Japanese...lib dim slimes.


13 posted on 02/21/2012 8:18:40 AM PST by matginzac
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Take a look at this map:

I despise the Obama administration, but this map makes it clear that these are Russian islands.

14 posted on 02/21/2012 8:21:35 AM PST by Lazamataz (If you only think about a diet, only your brain loses weight.)
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Wrangel Island was the last outpost of the Wooly Mammoths. A small pygmy population died out in about 3500 BC.


20 posted on 02/21/2012 11:07:05 AM PST by buffaloguy (uab.)
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