Bears repeating......
The big issue with LOST isn’t about the ocean; it’s about land use control.
This global bureaucracy will justify control of land use to “protect” the marine environment. It isn’t hard to see. Many oceanic species breed in estuaries within the United States. Estuarine health isn’t doing very well for a number of reasons (many of which politicized science will conveniently miss). The estuaries are fed by rivers. The rivers are lined with cities.
Marine sanctuaries and global biospheres are model for what is planned for LOST. If all we accomplish is to alter the treaty to gain protection for our military, we will have missed the point.
LOST is a straitjacket fully capable of crippling this nation (which certainly affects its ability to defend itself). That the White House says it knows nothing about it belies the fact that, according to the email I get from ALRA, the White House and Chuck Hagel are the instigators in pushing this treaty through in the dark of night after the Reagan Administration had rejected it out of hand.
10 posted on 03/27/2004 8:52:12 AM PST by Carry_Okie
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