Does the Secretary of Defense Want to Surrender Our Sovereignty to the UN?
By: Vanguard of Freedom
While Senator Jim Demint circulates a letter opposing the Law of the Sea Treaty,Obama Administration Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, was urging the Law of the Sea Convention forum attendees in Washington D.C. to support the treaty. Jim Garamone of the American Forces Press Service reports the Secretary said:
“First, as the world’s preeminent maritime power, and the country with one of the largest coastlines and extended continental shelf, we have more to gain from accession to the convention than any other country…Right now, the United States has no seat at the table and is unable to help interpret the “rules of the road” on the oceans. Ratifying the convention “would give us the credibility to support and promote the peaceful resolution of disputes within a rules-based order…by joining the convention, the United States would protect its navigational freedoms and global access for military and commercial ships, aircraft, and undersea fiber optic cables. American rights on the seas, he said, currently rely on customary international laws, which can change…”
Fred Lucas of CNSNews.com offers this contrasting argument from Senator Jim Demint, in the letter he is circulating against the treaty to fellow Senators:
“By its current terms, the Law of the Sea Convention encompasses economic and technology interests in the deep sea, redistribution of wealth from developed to undeveloped nations, freedom of navigation in the deep sea and exclusive economic zones which may impact maritime security, and environmental regulation over virtually all sources of pollution…” (See Demint Make the case against the “LOST” Treaty)
Garamone then quotes Panetta:
“…Treaty law remains the firmest legal foundation upon which to base our global presence, on, above, and below the seas…ratification would help to increase America’s natural resource and economic jurisdiction, not only to 200 nautical miles off U.S. coasts, but to a broad continental shelf beyond that zone…accession would ensure our ability to reap the benefits of the opening of the Arctic — a region of increasingly important maritime security and economic interest,” Panetta said. Countries are already posturing for new shipping routes and natural resources as Arctic ice cover recedes…The Law of the Sea Convention is the only means for international recognition and acceptance of the U.S. extended continental shelf claims in the Arctic…And we are the only Arctic nation that is not party to the convention…”
“…the new U.S. defense strategy emphasizes the strategically vital arc extending from the Western Pacific and East Asia into the Indian Ocean region and South Asia…Becoming a party to the convention would strengthen our position in this key area…”
The polar opposites presented by the Demint and Panetta arguments point to key differences that can only be resovolved definitively with one all-encompassing strategy and policy, and that is: Peace Through Strength. We cannot surrender our sovereignty to any foreign power, even if it is one that pretends to be an International arbiter, such as the U.N., for we know full well that competing or enemy governments will seek out every opportunity to gain advantage against the U.S.
And while Senator Demint’s efforts to counter the negative aspects of the Law of the Sea Treaty are formidable, there are powerful forces working against him making it difficult for him to prevail. Clearly the Obama diplomacy of apology and propitiation to our enemies is not the answer, and yet the Obamistas are expediting the approval process of the treaty in order to commit the next administration to the treaty, even if the Obamistas are ejected come next election.
A key strategy might be one that is at times so blatantly used by the current administration: Fight the current effort to ratify the treaty, then wait to consider or debate a treaty after the election, when there is an Executive Branch in place that is willing to defend this nation, and is dedicated to safeguarding and securing its interests for the good of the people, and is not so eager to surrender its hard earned wealth and prosperity, and security to its enemies.
http://www.libertynews.com/2012/05/11/does-the-secretary-of-defense-want-to-surrender-our-sovereignty-to-the-un/
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