Posted on 05/22/2006 3:42:25 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
by Jerome R. Corsi
The idea to form the North American Union as a super-NAFTA knitting together Canada, the United States and Mexico into a super-regional political and economic entity was a key agreement resulting from the March 2005 meeting held at Baylor University in Waco, Tex., between President Bush, President Fox and Prime Minister Martin.
A joint statement published by the three presidents following their Baylor University summit announced the formation of an initial entity called, “The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America” (SPP). The joint statement termed the SPP a “trilateral partnership” that was aimed at producing a North American security plan as well as providing free market movement of people, capital, and trade across the borders between the three NAFTA partners:
We will establish a common approach to security to protect North America from external threats, prevent and respond to threats within North America, and further streamline the secure and efficient movement of legitimate, low-risk traffic across our borders.
A working agenda was established:
We will establish working parties led by our ministers and secretaries that will consult with stakeholders in our respective countries. These working parties will respond to the priorities of our people and our businesses, and will set specific, measurable, and achievable goals.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has produced a SPP website, which documents how the U.S. has implemented the SPP directive into an extensive working agenda.
Following the March 2005 meeting in Waco, Tex., the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) published in May 2005 a task force report titled “Building a North American Community.” We have already documented that this CFR task force report calls for a plan to create by 2010 a redefinition of boundaries such that the primary immigration control will be around the three countries of the North American Union, not between the three countries. We have argued that a likely reason President Bush has not secured our border with Mexico is that the administration is pushing for the establishment of the North American Union.
The North American Union is envisioned to create a super-regional political authority that could override the sovereignty of the United States on immigration policy and trade issues. In his June 2005 testimony to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Robert Pastor, the Director of the Center for North American Studies at American University, stated clearly the view that the North American Union would need a super-regional governance board to make sure the United States does not dominate the proposed North American Union once it is formed:
NAFTA has failed to create a partnership because North American governments have not changed the way they deal with one another. Dual bilateralism, driven by U.S. power, continue to govern and irritate. Adding a third party to bilateral disputes vastly increases the chance that rules, not power, will resolve problems.
This trilateral approach should be institutionalized in a new North American Advisory Council. Unlike the sprawling and intrusive European Commission, the Commission or Council should be lean, independent, and advisory, composed of 15 distinguished individuals, 5 from each nation. Its principal purpose should be to prepare a North American agenda for leaders to consider at biannual summits and to monitor the implementation of the resulting agreements.
Pastor was a vice chairman of the CFR task force that produced the report “Building a North American Union.”
Pastor also proposed the creation of a Permanent Tribunal on Trade and Investment with the view that “a permanent court would permit the accumulation of precedent and lay the groundwork for North American business law.” The intent is for this North American Union Tribunal would have supremacy over the U.S. Supreme Court on issues affecting the North American Union, to prevent U.S. power from “irritating” and retarding the progress of uniting Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. into a new 21st century super-regional governing body.
Robert Pastor also advises the creation of a North American Parliamentary Group to make sure the U.S. Congress does not impede progress in the envisioned North American Union. He has also called for the creation of a North American Customs and Immigration Service which would have authority over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security.
Pastor’s 2001 book “Toward a North American Community” called for the creation of a North American Union that would perfect the defects Pastor believes limit the progress of the European Union. Much of Pastor’s thinking appears aimed at limiting the power and sovereignty of the United States as we enter this new super-regional entity. Pastor has also called for the creation of a new currency which he has coined the “Amero,” a currency that is proposed to replace the U.S. dollar, the Canadian dollar, and the Mexican peso.
If President Bush had run openly in 2004 on the proposition that a prime objective of his second term was to form the North American Union and to supplant the dollar with the “Amero,” we doubt very much that President Bush would have carried Ohio, let alone half of the Red State majority he needed to win re-election. Pursuing any plan that would legalize the conservatively estimated 12 million illegal aliens now in the United States could well spell election disaster for the Republican Party in 2006, especially for the House of Representative where every seat is up for grabs.
Mr. Corsi is the author of several books, including "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry" (along with John O'Neill), "Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil" (along with Craig R. Smith), and "Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians." He is a frequent guest on the G. Gordon Liddy radio show. He will soon co-author a new book with Jim Gilchrist on the Minuteman Project.
Good night Ohio. Pleasant dreams. ; D.
Dude, I don't know you from Adam, but trashing Ohio without a ping was punk.
If this is true...and I will say IF...then we have been sold down the river. It all makes sense though, trying to grant social security to illegals and giving them more rights than us, not building a wall. I always knew Bush was not stupid, he is quite smart and very observant, which is why I wondered why he would not secure our southern border. Maybe now I have my answer.
You say things like this and expect to be taken seriously?
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Frankly, I don't care if you take me seriously or not. The point and issue were made -- and my responses are running about 10 to one, supportive. Have a nice day.
What can I say, Ignorance is bliss?
Huh?
Canada has been a member of NAFTA since it passed in 1993. I'd say Bush's secret isn't so secret. LOL! But hey, don't let me rain on your tinfoil parade. If this simple fact escapes you, what else in your rant is misrepresented? You've done a good job of posting misinformation on this thread and you've proven that you are uniquely unqualified to be lecturing anyone about NAFTA or the CFR.
Could you provide a link to that thread please.
Agreed and if he's impeached... so be it. I fail to say I want him to be impeached for fear of being kicked off of Free Republic... again. So here's to President Bush NOT being impeached for treason because obviously he's NOT GUILTY of treason.
I am just as anit-illegals/pro-borders as anyone is but this is just getting too ridiculous. What's next articles on black helicopters and U.N troops?
""I call it elitist tyranny and deceit.""
That is exactly what it is !
Perhaps that is why Cornyn keeps introducing legislation to implement it.
Senate Bill 2941. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.2941:
Highlights:
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of the Fund shall be-- (1) to promote economic and infrastructure integration among Canada, Mexico, and the United States;
(2) to promote education and economic development in Mexico; and
(3) to reduce the wealth gap between Mexico and Canada, and between Mexico and the United States.
More: SEC. 4. PROJECTS FUNDED.
(a) IN GENERAL- The Fund shall make grants for projects to carry out the purposes described in section 3, including projects-- (1) to construct roads in Mexico to facilitate trade between Mexico and Canada, and Mexico and the United States; (2) to develop and implement post-secondary education programs in Mexico; (3) to install telecommunications technologies throughout Mexico; and (4) to construct other infrastructure that will carry out such purposes.
More:
SEC. 5. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND.
(a) IN GENERAL- The terms of the agreement establishing the Fund shall, subject to the limitation in subsection (b), require the Governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States to contribute to the Fund.
I'd rather spend Mexico's money to build infrastructure in Mexico than our taxpayer's money. Unfortunately, foreign aid is a big budget item that won't go away. How much money is he talking about? I'd rather they spend it on a neighbor, and have it develop trade and wealth for us and them, than spend it somewhere else that offers no future benefits. At least it can be argued that this is an investment that will pay future dividends.
Cornyn's bill has nothing to do with eliminating borders or integrating three nations into one however.
Mena Ark anyone?
The thing is that many in Mexico (and in our own government [leftist Demorats]) really want a Communist North American union.
I will take the North American Union...
On The US's terms!!!!!!!!!!
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