{"id":14669,"date":"2012-07-14T21:55:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T01:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14669"},"modified":"2012-07-14T21:55:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T01:55:10","slug":"two-treaties-to-watch-in-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14669","title":{"rendered":"Two Treaties To Watch In The Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two treaties<\/a> coming up for a vote in the Senate<\/a> in the near future. The first is the U.N. Arms Trade<\/a> Treaty. That treaty is expected to be finalized by July 27.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, an article in the Washington Times<\/a>\u00a0detailed some of the details of the treaty:<\/p>\n

The criteria that arms should not be used to \u201cprolong\u201d or \u201caggravate\u201d instability is troubling. China<\/a> could use such a provision to label U.S. arms sales to Taiwan<\/a> as a violation of international law. In 1941, such a treaty would have made illegal the U.S. lend-lease program to aid Britain<\/a> before Pearl Harbor<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The implication is absurd: If giving arms to an ally fighting a tyrant prolongs the conflict, the only \u201clegal\u201d option for the ally is to surrender.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another problem is the draft\u2019s invocation of \u201cinternational human rights law.\u201d Unfortunately, liberal activists often claim that strict gun control is a \u201chuman right.\u201d This reference, then, could be interpreted in ways that infringe on Americans\u2019 constitutional right to bear arms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why should we care what some U.N.<\/a> treaty says? Just ignore it, you say, because our Constitution trumps everything. Well, not if the U.S. signs and the Senate<\/a> ratifies it. At that point, the treaty carries the weight of U.S. domestic law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The second treaty coming to the Senate is the Law Of The Sea Treaty (appropriately called LOST). Forbes Magazine<\/a> posted an article about both treaties on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In discussing the LOST treaty, the article states:<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the currently proposed, Obama-endorsed, Law<\/a> of the Sea Treaty (LOST) which would subordinate U.S. naval and drilling operations beyond 200 miles of our coast to a newly established U.N. bureaucracy. If ratified by Congress, it will grant a Kingston, Jamaica<\/a>-based International Seabed Authority<\/a> (ISA) the power to regulate deep-sea oil exploration, seabed mining, and fishing rights. As part of the deal, as much as 7% of U.S. government revenue collected from oil and gas companies operating off our coast will be forked over to ISA for redistribution to poorer, landlocked countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. would have one vote out of 160 regarding where the money would go, and be obligated to hand over offshore drilling<\/a> technology to any nation that wants it\u2026 for free. And who are those lucky international recipients? They will most likely include such undemocratic, despotic and brutal governments as Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Sudan and Zimbabwe\u2026all current voting members of LOST.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Does either one of these treaties represent the country you want your children to inherit? Is American<\/a> sovereignty important to you? The Senate switchboard telephone number is 202-224-3121. If you believe in upholding the Second Amendment of the Constitution and if you believe America should be able to control its own offshore waters, please call your Senator and ask him to vote against both of these treaties.<\/p>\n

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