{"id":13289,"date":"2012-04-17T08:09:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13289"},"modified":"2012-04-17T08:09:27","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:09:27","slug":"giving-away-americas-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13289","title":{"rendered":"Giving Away America’s Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Siberian Islands map Bennett island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n

This is truly under the radar. The Washington Times<\/a>\u00a0was the only reliable source I\u00a0could find on this. The source for the Washington Times article was World Net Daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Obama Administration is planning to give away seven islands in the Arctic Ocean<\/a>. They are planning to give these islands and the tens of thousands of square miles of oil-rich seabeds surrounding the islands to Russia as part of a maritime boundary agreement<\/a> between Alaska and Siberia.<\/p>\n

World Net Daily reports:<\/p>\n

The agreement was negotiated in total secrecy. The state of Alaska<\/a> 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 \u2013 but the State Department doesn\u2019t seem to care.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the list of the islands involved:<\/p>\n

The imperiled Arctic Ocean islands include Wrangel, Bennett, Jeannette and Henrietta. Wrangel 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northwest of Wrangel 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\u2019s crew received a hero\u2019s welcome back in Washington, and Congress awarded them gold medals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2019s 1867 treaty with Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Net Daily article ends with the following statement by the author:<\/p>\n

Author\u2019s addendum, Feb. 17, 2012:<\/em> 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\u2019s power to stop this giveaway. The Alaska delegation\u2019s 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 \u2014 and has been met by silence. I\u2019m hoping this piece will help reinvigorate efforts to stop this handover.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t know how many people actually read this blog, but I would really appreciate it if some of them will send an email to their Congressman about this land deal. At some point in the very near future, the existence of America will depend on our energy independence. That time will probably come before the practicality of ‘green energy.’ It is not wise to give away a resource that may be necessary for the survival of America.<\/p>\n

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