Tuesday, February 22, 2005

"Law of the Sea Treaty"

Frank Gaffney rocked at 7AM. In addition to weighing in on the Syria/Iran alliance he also weighed in on...

Conservatives are highly critical of a revived "Law of the Sea Treaty" supported by President Bush and Sec. of State Condoleeza Rice, which would give the UN virtual control of the world’s oceans, allow the UN to tax seabed mining and the like, and create yet another international court with jurisdiction over virtually anything that affecting the seas.

The treaty was rejected by President Reagan's Administration 22 years ago.

In a recent column for Human Events magazine,, Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy, and Reagan's Assistant Secretary of Defense, wrote: "it is unimaginable that the United States would choose to expand the power and influence of the United Nations at a time when evidence of the latter's corruption, malfeasance and inherent anti-Americanism is growing by the day."

You can read Gaffney's full column here

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