"The Beginning and End of Our Sovereignty" -RR
Law of the Sea Treaty gonna sink US
UN originated Law of the Sea Treaty sets up International Sea Bed Authority has the ability to levy a global tax.
Human trafficking, drug trafficking, piracy and/or broadcasting piracy are the only reasons we [US] could stop a ship on the high seas. Terrorists with a nuke? Mmm, not so much....
For deep sea mining/exploration on the Continental Shelf we would have to go to a UN central authority; kinda like a global EPA which would then require an environmental impact report on the C02 released and endangered, “special status” and rare species potentially effected. Then give the rights to China or Somalia…
Dr. Peter Leitner
...The most vigorous supports of the Treaty are largely a constellation of narrow single interest groups who are willing to overlook Treaty shortcomings so long as their pet rock is included. There is also an interesting psychological phenomenon I call the “Unrequited Love Syndrome” that characterizes some experts who after 30 or so years of involvement in the Treaty would rather accept a defective Treaty than leave this world with an unfinished legacy. Only vigorous and complete oversight by the Congress will provide the big-picture assessment necessary to determine whether this Treaty is in our collective national interest. ...
Looks like another UN/Green attack on US sovereignty to me. Am I missing something?
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