Hope on the Sea Horizon - Senate Republicans may sink Bush's UN treaty
by Cliff Kincaid: Can the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Treaty not only be delayed but defeated outright in the Senate? That's the question that conservatives are delightfully pondering as a remarkable series of events has put the pact, supported by the Bush Administration and the liberal leadership in the Senate, in serious jeopardy. Perhaps the most significant development is the announcement by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell that he will oppose the White House and vote against the treaty.As opponents of the treaty make their case in advertisements and on cable TV and talk radio, Republican senators are increasingly hearing from their constituents that they don't want the treaty ratified because it will undermine American sovereignty and hand more power over to the United Nations. In the same way that the people prevailed in the Senate in the matter of defeating the illegal alien amnesty bill, it is entirely possible that the U.N. power grab known officially as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea could be rejected. . . . [Read More] Contact your senators! Let them know you are against the Law of the Sea Treaty.
See also: Supreme Court Case Proves "LOST" Must Sink
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Reagan Was Right
In the past few weeks, I have received numerous emails asking my opinion on
the Law of the Sea Treaty, which has a most appropriate acronym -- LOST. I
remember well Ronald Reagan's rejection of the treaty in 1982. He was
right then and the U.S. would be right to reject it today. But if Reagan
rejected it 25 years ago, why are we talking about it today?
Well, elections have consequences and with the Democrat takeover of
Congress in the 2006 elections, the new chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), made ratification of LOST a top
priority and for obvious reasons. The Law of the Sea Treaty is a liberal's
dream come true.
Described as "the U.N. on steroids," LOST would subjugate U.S. sovereignty
to the U.N., could severely limit the free navigation of the seas by the
U.S. Navy, creates a huge new supranational bureaucracy that would control
the resources of the seabed and ocean floor, and gives the U.N. the power
to impose taxes.
For these and other reasons, conservative leaders like Paul Weyrich, Frank
Gaffney, Phyllis Schlafly, and others are adamantly opposed to ratification
of LOST, and Senate conservatives, led by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
of Kentucky, are lining up to oppose LOST.
I'm also pleased to report that the presidential candidates are chiming in
too. Governor Mike Huckabee has come out against the treaty, as has Sen.
John McCain. Earlier this week, Fred Thompson released the following
statement:
"I oppose the ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty at this time. The
Treaty threatens U.S. sovereignty and gives a U.N.-affiliated organization
far too much authority over U.S. interests in international waters. The
American people also deserve ironclad assurances that the problems with the
treaty highlighted by President Reagan more than two decades ago have been
fixed.
"At a time when customary international law in this area has proven
sufficient, I believe the efforts of treaty proponents would be better
spent reforming the United Nations. Until such reforms are complete, I see
little reason for the U.S. to move forward on the Law of the Sea Treaty."
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