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Time to Ratify the Law of the Sea (Barf-0-Rama)
Foreign Policy In Focus ^ | June 6, 2007 | Don Kraus

Posted on 06/11/2007 9:29:54 AM PDT by processing please hold

Finally, on May 15, 2007, President Bush publicly urged the Senate to “to act favorably on U.S. accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea during this session of Congress.” He said that joining “will serve the national security interests of the United States, including the maritime mobility of our armed forces worldwide. It will secure U.S. sovereign rights over extensive marine areas, including the valuable natural resources they contain. Accession will promote U.S. interests in the environmental health of the oceans. And it will give the United States a seat at the table when the rights that are vital to our interests are debated and interpreted." His support, along with that of the Pentagon and State Department, as well as the Navy and Coast Guard, has created the political space to secure the support of 75 to 85 senators—far more than the 67 needed for accession.

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To: processing please hold

Whatever the left says can be turned around 180 degrees to find the truth. Bush is part of the left.


41 posted on 06/11/2007 10:06:40 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Calpernia

Possibly not. I’m searching for an article.....


42 posted on 06/11/2007 10:06:53 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: Calpernia

I was just reading that article this morning. :)


43 posted on 06/11/2007 10:09:46 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: TChris

At least Kerry would have waffled and hesitated on this issue, as well as the issue of illegal immigration.


44 posted on 06/11/2007 10:09:49 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: oblomov
At least Kerry would have waffled and hesitated on this issue, as well as the issue of illegal immigration.

...especially when the polls showed how deeply voters hate them!

45 posted on 06/11/2007 10:11:26 AM PDT by TChris (The Republican Party is merely the Democrat Party's "away" jersey - Vox Day)
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To: processing please hold

Read my posts I added to it too.


46 posted on 06/11/2007 10:14:28 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: TChris
Are we sure that Kerry would have been worse?

I am. Maybe you aren't.

47 posted on 06/11/2007 10:22:08 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: E Rocc

From Phylis Schafley:

Bush apparently expects conservatives to be mollified by the argument that the Navy supports the treaty. But conservatives are smart enough to know that it’s impossible for the Navy to oppose the commander in chief’s position.


48 posted on 06/11/2007 10:22:27 AM PDT by Greg F (<><)
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To: processing please hold
Bush is using both hands now to undo our sovereignty.

What sovereignty are we giving up by signing this? Sounds to me like this is something that's been in the works since the 70s (Nixon), so it's nothing new.

49 posted on 06/11/2007 10:24:33 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: ConservativeDude

Ah, very interesting. Thanks for the information.


50 posted on 06/11/2007 10:26:16 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Calpernia

Ok. I went back and read your post. A question? What am I not seeing in the connection between the L.O.S.T. and human trafficking?


51 posted on 06/11/2007 10:42:48 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: processing please hold

Well, I guess LOST and amnesty would have Sovereignty in common.

But I added the link that had the human trafficking information in response to your post 36.

Human trafficking is related, well the core, for the Amnesty bill.


52 posted on 06/11/2007 10:47:20 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: MEGoody
What sovereignty are we giving up by signing this?

Perhaps this thread will answer your question.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1410502/posts

If this link is already on this thread, I apologize.

53 posted on 06/11/2007 11:00:26 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: Calpernia

I understand now thanks. Sorry for the delay in responding. With daughter and 5 gk living with us now........


54 posted on 06/11/2007 11:03:35 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: processing please hold

No prob :)


55 posted on 06/11/2007 11:04:40 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: processing please hold

Thanks for the info! Very interesting.


56 posted on 06/11/2007 11:08:13 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: MEGoody

You’re very welcome.


57 posted on 06/11/2007 11:11:42 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: MEGoody; All
U.N. LAW OF THE SEA TREATY THREATENS U.S. SOVEREIGNTY
58 posted on 06/11/2007 11:17:50 AM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: elc
Admiral Mike Mullen, the new nominee for the Joint Chief position.

There was a op-ed recently, linked in the DoD Early Bird, by a retired Navy Admiral who was Reagan's representative in the LOST negotiations. In the article, he stated Reagan liked LOST, except for 1 provision, and he (Reagan) ensured the US adhered to all the other provisions of the treaty even though we didn't sign it. The author went on to say that provision has since been fixed and there were several valid reasons this treaty was good for the US Navy.

The same Mullen?

* Admiral Michael G. Mullen, the vice chief of naval operations, states a LOST tribunal could rule adversely and harm U.S. "operational planning and activities, and our security."
* Further, Adm. Mullen warned that treaty ratification did not "suggest that countries’ attempts to restrict navigation will cease once the United States becomes a party to the Law of the Sea Convention (Treaty)."
* Free passage on the seas would be problematic at best if the power of the U.S. Navy was anchored by LOST.
* International law did not prevent North Korea from seizing the USS Pueblo in 1988, and approval of LOST would offer no real additional protection.

59 posted on 06/11/2007 12:27:32 PM PDT by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: processing please hold

Looks like it.


60 posted on 06/11/2007 12:43:37 PM PDT by elc (Guns kill people the same way the spoon made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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