Giving away what you don’t really own is a hallmark of this administration.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Biden wants to throw in Road Island as an added bonus.
Kind of like Clinton, under the radar, giving Iwo Jima back to the Japanese...lib dim slimes.
I despise the Obama administration, but this map makes it clear that these are Russian islands.
Wrangel Island was the last outpost of the Wooly Mammoths. A small pygmy population died out in about 3500 BC.