Global Taxation Treaty (UNCLOS, LOST) ComesBefore U.S. Senate - this treaty is a bit like Kyoto. Those who want to strip the U.S. of it’s powers never give up! This site has a detailed history of this horrible treaty.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)is the biggest giveaway of American sovereignty and resources since Jimmy Carter’s Panama Canal Treaty. It creates a global tax on American companies and turns the riches of the oceans, including oil, gas and minerals, over to the United Nations.

The 202-page treaty document was described by the late leftist Senator Alan Cranston as “the most far-reaching and comprehensive system created thus far by the global community.” UNCLOS mandates a global tax on corporations which exploit ocean resources, an International Seabed Authority to collect the revenue, and an International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea to govern ocean affairs. It also:

* Provides a backdoor for implementing the global warming treaty.
* Permits U.N. bodies to regulate and restrict U.S. military activities on the high seas.

As indicated, UNCLOS establishes a new international legal regime, including an International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and an International Seabed Authority, to govern activities on, over, and under the world’s oceans. Also regarded as an environmental treaty that provides a backdoor for implementing the unratified Kyoto Protocol or global warming treaty, the provisions of UNCLOS would permit international rules and regulations governing economic and industrial activities on the remaining land area of the world in order to combat perceived pollution dangers. The treaty’s provision for taxing U.S. and other corporations which mine the ocean establishes the first independent source of revenue for the U.N.

From Bobbie Patray at www.tneagleforum.org are the contact numbers for TN to find out where our Senator’s stand on this treaty. If you didn’t notice Senator Corker is on this committee.

Member Name DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Lamar Alexander 202-224-4944 202-228-3398

Sen. Bob Corker 202-224-3344 202-228-0566

In-State numbers:

ALEXANDER:

Nashville 615-736-5129 615-269-4803

Knoxville 865-545-4253 865-545-4252

Chattanooga 423-752-5337 423-752-5342

Memphis 901-544-4224 901-544-4227

Jackson 731-423-9344 731-423-8918

Blountville 423-325-6240 423-325-6236

CORKER

Nashville 615-279-8125 615-279-9488

Chattanooga 423-756-2757 423-756-5313

Jackson 731-424-9655 731-424-8322

Knoxville 865-637-4180 865-637-9886

Memphis 901-683-1910

Blountville 423-323-1252 423-323-0358

Senator Lamar Alexander Website:

http://alexander.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home

Senator Bob Corker’s website:

http://corker.senate.gov/Contact/index.cfm

For more information on this treaty and the current state of the US Navy I suggest you read Cliff Kincaid’s:

Analyst: China building world’s largest navy as U.S. sea power is in ‘absolute decline’

According to the Navy’s June 2007 Playbook, this 1,000-ship Navy is one that traverses the high seas under “hundreds of flags.” This plan depends on using foreign Navies, which are called “partner countries,” for our defense. Perhaps a U.N. Navy will even be involved. The Playbook declares, “A groundswell of support from military leaders around the world has allowed us to move forward with this concept and make it a reality.”

Military leaders around the world? They have “allowed” us to move forward with this concept. Since when did U.S. Navy officials look to foreign officials and leaders for guidance on what to do about U.S. national security? It apparently started sometime after the decline from 594 Navy ships under President Reagan, who rejected UNCLOS, to only 276 today. We are headed down to only 180 ships in 17 years.

Protecting U.S. national security has given way, according to the Playbook, to securing the “global community.” That’s on page 8. It also declares that “Diversity is a strategic imperative for the U.S. Navy” so that it can be “more relevant.”

Our Navy has not only been infected with the disease we all know as political correctness but it has come under the influence of international lawyers who pay homage to the U.N. Asked why U.S. Navy officials were supporting UNCLOS, one Navy Commander, with an important position in the Department of the Navy, told me, “The political leaders don’t really understand the issue, and they all listen to the lawyers. And the lawyers are all liberal. It is absolutely the problem. The Navy JAGs and the OGC [Navy’s Office of General Counsel] are liberal. It is a tragedy.”

Admiral Mike Mullen is the brain behind the “1,000 ship Navy concept”. Adm. Mullen takes over as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in October.

As Kincaid notes Mullen sounds more like a UNocrat than a military commander:

Mullen is said to be the brain behind the 1,000-ship Navy concept. One story notes that Mullen’s concept is “to build on existing international security agreements to extend the global reach of sea power.” That power, he says, includes the ability to “share and unite” nations.

Sounding like a U.N. Secretary-General, rather than a U.S. military leader, Mullen says, “Our vision is to extend the peace through an interconnected community of maritime nations working together.” That includes UNCLOS.

There is one big problem with Mullen’s “vision.” What happens when a country like China violates the treaty? It is clear, based on the EP-3 incident, that the U.S. doesn’t have the political will or military capability to confront China. So what happens when the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea rules for China and against the U.S.? It can only mean further surrender by the U.S. in the face of Chinese military power.

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