Re: Obama's giveaway: Oil-rich islands to Russia

by not enforcing our immigration laws the government is also giving
away the southwest to Mexico.

it's time to clean house

On Feb 19, 5:32 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Obama's giveaway: Oil-rich islands to Russia**** Exclusive: Joe Miller
> sounds alarm over deal to put land in hands of Putin's Kremlin****
>
> [image: jmiller300]****
>
> By Joe Miller****
>
> The Obama administration, despite the nation's economic woes, effectively
> killed the job-producing Keystone Pipeline last month. The Arab Spring is
> turning the oil production of Libya and other Arab nations over to the
> Muslim Brotherhood. Iraq is distancing itself from the U.S. And everyone
> recognizes that Iran, whose crude supplies are critical to the European
> economy, will do anything it can to frustrate America's strategic
> interests. In the face of all of this, Obama insists on cutting back U.S.
> oil potential with outrageous restrictions.****
>
> Part of Obama's apparent war against U.S. energy independence includes a
> foreign-aid program that directly threatens my state's sovereign territory.
> Obama's State Department is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden
> Alaskan islands to the Russians. Yes, to the Putin regime in the Kremlin.***
> *
>
> The seven endangered islands in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea include one
> the size of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. The Russians are also to
> get the tens of thousands of square miles of oil-rich seabeds surrounding
> the islands. The Department of Interior estimates billions of barrels of
> oil are at stake.****
>
> The State Department has undertaken the giveaway in the guise of a maritime
> boundary agreement between Alaska and Siberia. Astoundingly, our federal
> government itself drew the line to put these seven Alaskan islands on the
> Russian side. But as an executive agreement, it could be reversed with the
> stroke of a pen by President Obama or Secretary Clinton.****
>
> The agreement was negotiated in total secrecy. The state of Alaska was not
> allowed to participate in the negotiations, nor was the public given any
> opportunity for comment. This is despite the fact the Alaska Legislature
> has passed resolutions of opposition – but the State Department doesn't
> seem to care.****
>
> The imperiled Arctic Ocean islands include Wrangell, Bennett, Jeannette and
> Henrietta. Wrangell became American in 1881 with the landing of the U.S.
> Revenue Marine ship Thomas Corwin. The landing party included the famed
> naturalist John Muir. It is 3,000 square miles in size.****
>
> Northwest of Wrangell are the DeLong Islands, named for George Washington
> DeLong, the captain of USS Jeannette. Also in 1881, he discovered and
> claimed these three islands for the United States. He named them for the
> voyage co-sponsor, New York City newspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett.
> The ship's crew received a hero's welcome back in Washington, and Congress
> awarded them gold medals.****
>
> In the Bering Sea at the far west end of the Aleutian chain are Copper
> Island, Sea Lion Rock and Sea Otter Rock. They were ceded to the U.S. in
> Seward's 1867 treaty with Russia.****
>
> Now is the time for the Obama administration to stand up for U.S. and
> Alaskan rights and invaluable resources. The State Department's maritime
> agreement is a loser – it gives us nothing in return for giving up Alaska's
> sovereign territory and invaluable resources. *We won the Cold War and
> should start acting like it.*****
>
> The Obama administration must stop the giveaway immediately.****
>
> *Author's addendum, Feb. 17, 2012:* This is not a new issue. In fact the
> Bush and Clinton administrations are directly at fault for the same
> inaction. A maritime agreement negotiated by the U.S. State Department set
> the Russian boundary on the other side of the disputed islands, but no
> treaty has ratified this action. Consequently, it is within the president's
> power to stop this giveaway. The Alaska delegation's failure to put
> pressure on the administration is inexplicable. State Department Watch, an
> organization that assisted with this article, has confronted each
> administration and is currently confronting the Obama administration — and
> has been met by silence. I'm hoping this piece will help reinvigorate
> efforts to stop this handover.****
>  ------------------------------
>
> *Joe Miller was the 2010 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from
> Alaska. He is a West Point graduate and decorated combat veteran from the
> first Gulf War. A former judge, Joe graduated from Yale Law School and was
> later awarded an advanced economics degree from the University of Alaska.
> He is presently chairman of Restoring Liberty Alaska
> PAC<http://restoringlibertyalaska.us/>and Restoring
> Liberty Action Committee <http://joemiller.us/>. Follow Joe at
> Facebook<https://facebook/JoeMillerAlaska>and
> Twitter <https://twitter.com/JoeWMiller>.*
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