Obama's Sneaky Treaties
By DICK MORRIS
Published on
TheHill.com
on February 7, 2012
President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are entering
negotiations over -- or seeking ratification of -- five treaties that
could radically limit our national sovereignty and the reach of our
democratic institutions. Particularly scary is that the treaties, once
signed and ratified, have the same status as constitutional law and
cannot be altered or eclipsed by Congress or state legislatures. And
their provisions must be enforced by U.S. courts.
Those who wish to preserve our sovereignty and democratic control over
our future must rally to block these treaties, either by pressing Obama
and Clinton not to sign them or by blocking their ratification.
• International Criminal Court -- Clinton has reversed George W.
Bush's policy and entered into negotiations over U.S. participation in
the court. Specifically, the leftists who are sponsoring the court wish
to create a new crime of "aggression," which is essentially going to war
without the approval of the United Nations. If we submit to the court's
jurisdiction, our presidents and Cabinet officials could be prosecuted
criminally for going to war without U.N. approval. This would, of
course, give Russia and China a veto over our military actions. Clinton
says she will stop our military's hands from being tied, but we all must
realize that once we accept the International Criminal Court, we go down
a slippery slope. The court could even prosecute Americans who have been
cleared by our own judicial system.
• The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) has been signed, and the Obama
administration -- with the aid of RINO Sen. Richard Lugar (Ind.) -- will
push for its ratification as soon as Lugar's primary in Indiana is over
this year. LOST requires that the United States pay an international
body half of its royalties from offshore drilling. The body would then
distribute the funds as it sees fit to whichever nations it chooses. The
United States would only have one vote out of 160 regarding where the
money goes. LOST will also oblige us to hand over our offshore drilling
technology to any nation that wants it ... for free.
• Small-arms control -- Clinton is about to negotiate on a global ban on
export of small arms. It would only apply to private citizens but, of
course, most small-arms deals come not from individuals or private firms
but from governments, specifically those of the United States, Russia,
China and Israel. The treaty would require each nation to adopt measures
to stop exportation of small arms. It is easy to see how this could be a
backdoor way to require national registration of all guns and to assert
federal regulation over firearms. It would also require the registration
of all ammunition to track its source once a gun is fired. The Second
Amendment be damned!
• Outer Space Code of Conduct -- Under the guise of stopping debris from
accumulating in outer space, the European Union has enlisted Clinton in
negotiations over a code of conduct. The code would prohibit activities
that are likely to generate debris in outer space -- space littering.
The code might inhibit or prohibit the United States from deploying
anti-missile missiles on platforms in space, denying us the key weapon
we need to counter Iranian, Chinese and North Korean missile threats.
European leftists reacted angrily when G.W. Bush opted out of the ABM
treaty banning defensive weapons. Now they seek to reimpose it under the
guise of a code of conduct.
• Rights of the Child -- Even more fanciful is a treaty Clinton plans to
negotiate setting forth a code of rights for children, to be
administered by a 14-member court set up for the purpose. The draft
treaty obliges rich nations to provide funds for shelter, food, clothing
and education for children in poor nations. This provision could create
grounds to litigate to challenge the level of foreign aid we give as
inadequate to meet our treaty obligations. Already, leftists in the
United Kingdom are using the treaty to attack welfare cuts by the
Cameron government.
European liberalism is advancing -- masked -- by way of these treaties.
Defenders of liberty must say no!
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