2) The U.S. has never actually claimed the islands. Russia claimed the islands back under the Tzars.
3)The treaty on the maritime border was negotiated in 1990 and ratified by the Senate and signed by President Bush in 1991.
A map of the islands:
Another news story that goes under the radar.
Congress had better NOT allow this!!!!!!!!!!!
None dare call this treason.
This can’t be true. I haven’t heard a word about it in the MSM!
It might help if you think about it this way.
The islands have oil and it’s obvious Obama won’t let us drill for it, at least someone can benefit from it.I amsure the Russians will not worry about keeping them “pristine”.
It’ not easy having a anti-American Muslim in the White House.
I believe this was covered on FR over a week ago. If you look at a map of the islands and consider that Russians have lived on the islands for decades, you will see that our claim upon them is tenuous at best. That said, a bargaining chip however small should never be thrown away.
World Nut is a little bit late with this news.
“According to some US individuals, including the group State Department Watch,[33] eight Arctic islands currently controlled by Russia, including Wrangel Island, are claimed by the United States. However, according to the United States Department of State[34] no such claim exists. The USSR/USA Maritime Boundary Treaty,[35] which has yet to be approved by the Russian Duma, does not specifically address the status of these islands nor the maritime boundaries associated with them.
Wiki states:
“On June 1, 1990, Secretary of State James Baker signed an executive agreement with Eduard Shevardnadze, the former U.S.S.R. foreign minister. It specified that even though the treaty had not been ratified, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. agreed to abide by the terms of the treaty beginning June 15, 1990. According to State Department Watch, neither the public nor Congress were informed of this executive agreement during the period leading up to the ratification vote. [36] The Senate ratified the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Maritime Boundary Treaty in 1991, which was then signed by President George Bush.[37]
In 2004 Wrangel Island and neighboring Herald Island, along with their surrounding waters, were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.[38]”
Is this something that the President can do without the consent of Congress? One would think that a treaty would be involved, and that it would require the approval of 2/3 of the Senate.
Maybe At least the Russians will drill for oil there............’cus we sure can’t.
Does Obama, as president, have the authority to give away Alaskan lands?
2) The U.S. has never actually claimed the islands. Russia claimed the islands back under the Tzars.
3)The treaty on the maritime border was negotiated in 1990 and ratified by the Senate and signed by President Bush in 1991.
A map of the islands:
He is also sticking the same finger into the GOP’s eye and all it does is bend over and grab the ankles.
So what good are these clowns?
Since we’ve dealt with this before, I’m just going to say, NO he is not.
But you have to actually research this story to understand why it is not the bad thing that keeps popping up here periodically (and has been for the past decade).
I’ll just give a hint — it’s too much to explain, and I don’t have the link to the last discussion.
The deal between the Soviet Union and the United States never included the islands in question.
bkmk
Wrangell Island was the last redoubt of the wooly mammoths. A population existed there until about the time of Christ.
Wrangell Island was the last redoubt of the wooly mammoths. A population existed there until about the time of Christ.
As already corrected by several Freepers, this is an outright lie that’s been proffered solely to tie the panties of the overly emotional in a bunch.