Posted on 10/08/2007 11:14:15 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
It is an impressive testament to the abiding affection and political influence of former President Ronald Reagan that the fate of a controversial treaty now before the U.S. Senate may ultimately turn on a single question: What would Reagan do?
As we had the privilege of working closely with President Reagan in connection with the foreign policy, national security and domestic implications of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (better known as the Law of the Sea Treaty or LOST), there is no question about how our 40th president felt about this accord. He so strongly opposed it that he formally refused to sign the treaty. He even sent Donald Rumsfeld as a personal emissary to our key allies around the world to explain his opposition and encourage them to follow suit. All of them did so at the time.
Proponents of LOST, however, have lately taken--on these pages and elsewhere--to portray President Reagan's concerns as relatively circumscribed. They contend that those objections were subsequently and satisfactorily addressed in a multilateral accord known as the Agreement of 1994. To the extent that such assertions may induce senators who would otherwise oppose the Law of the Sea Treaty to vote for it, perhaps within a matter of weeks and after only the most cursory of reviews, we feel compelled to set the record straight.
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Alright. Can we melt the Senate phone lines over this like we did immigration? I hope so.
JUST VOTE NO ON L.O.S.T.!!!! It is part of the globalist’s plan for a one world government
Probably won’t do any good. They’ll keep coming up with this stuff to wear the people down. When the real important stuff comes to light, they’ll hope the people are getting tired of it and stop calling. It’ll probably work.............sad but true.
But.....who benefits from this if it goes through? China and the Federal Reserve!!! Follow the money. Go look to see who the founders of the Federal Reserve were. You may be surprised to see some well known names there.
I forgot that the Rockefeller/Bildeberger/CFR/NWO/Trilateral/Haliburton/Illuminati/Mason/Stone Cutters cabal controls all. Thanks for reminding me
Yup.
How about the citizens have a non-binding vote (because it did so much in the House) on who wants LOST and who doesn’t.
The real number is 912...classic.
bookmakr
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