Island giveaway

[Guest razorblade]

Any of you heard about this?

Obama Donates 7 Alaska Islands to Putin for Zero Dollars

This is what our beloved president Obama has done in 2012 for America so far this year. This was just sent to me and got very little press to keep it unknown from the American public. Please read the following to see what is happening. Why is he getting away with all of this?

Is there a "REST OF THE STORY"?

This article on Feb. 16, 2012 appears in very few places. Apparently, the regular "professional reporters" consider Obama giving away islands belonging to Alaska and part of the United States as no big deal. Obama is giving these islands to Russia for free, no cost, $zero money or any other consideration. Guess what? The state legislature in Alaska (still one of our 50 states) voted several times

in opposition

to THE GIVEAWAY!

The islands have billions of barrels of OIL and Obama could let oil companies lease parts of the islands and start drilling for MORE OIL

!!!

Should you suspect Obama was trying to sneak this by? Why?

WorldNetDaily.com

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. Obama's State Department is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden Alaskan islands to the Russians. Yes, to the Putin regime in the Kremlin. The seven islands in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea include one the

size of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. The Russians are also to get the tens of thousands of square miles of oil-rich seabed's surrounding the islands. The Department of Interior estimates billions of barrels of oil are at stake.

The State Department has undertaken the giveaway in the guise of a maritime boundary agreement between Alaska and Siberia . Astoundingly, our federal government itself drew the line to put these seven Alaskan islands on the Russian side. But as an executive agreement, it could be reversed with the stroke of a pen by Pres. Obama or Sec. Clinton.

The agreement was negotiated in total secrecy! The State of Alaska

wasnot

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 - but the State Department doesn't seem to care.

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.

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 Citynewspaper

publisher James Gordon Bennett. The ship's crew received a hero's welcome back in Washington , and Congress awarded them gold medals.

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's 1867 treaty with Russia .

Now is the time for the Obama administration to stand up for U.S. and Alaskan rights and invaluable resources. The State Department's maritime agreement is a loser - it gives us nothing in return for giving up Alaska 's sovereign territory and invaluable resources. We won the Cold War and should start acting like it. Also see Link 1,2 below

Link 1.

http://www.westernjournalism.com/obamas-giveaway-oil-rich-islands-to-russia/

Link 2.

http://commonamericanjournal.com/?p=39807

The State Dept. Watch says:

http://www.statedepartmentwatch.org/GiveawaySummary.htm

And you can "Google" many more links with " Alaska island giveaway"

[Garufa]

You might want to Google "Alaska island giveaway". This is the first thing you'll find...

http://www.factcheck.org/2012/03/alaskan-island-giveaway/

[Oh Shoot]

Any of you heard about this?..

WND and the like will rot your brain.

This speaks more to the facts. But the facts are complicated, so of course the loon version is easier to believe:

http://www.factcheck...sland-giveaway/

- OS

edit: great minds and all, Garufa

Edited July 17, 2012 by OhShoot

[Guest bkelm18]

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I don't know which is right or wrong, but FactCheck.

org isn't any more reliable than WND is. When I

see one place compared and associated with the

likes of Media Matters or Moveon. org, I become

just as suspicious as most else on the media.

Not trying to rain on a parade or anything else,

but using them as a source doesn't lend any

credibility either way. Unless you agree with

Media Matters point of view. Those guys put

out just enough believeable articles to make

you assume all their stuff is good. Most of it

is Barbara Streisand. The "Annenberg Project"

was infected with liberals and effectively it is

a front for mainstreaming socialist programs.

They are the primary funding vehicle for Fact

Check,org. If you will recall, there were ties

to several famous liberals, some of whom reside in

the White House and others in academia(Bill Ayers

and Bernardine Dorn).

Just adding a little perspective.

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[daddyo]

If you all remember, the little boy who cried wolf had no credibility when the wolf actually showed up, but he DID show up.