Pentagon sees all of North America as US "security zone"
What's missing from the current discussion of immigration in the US is the military strategic stance of the US, in regard to North American borders. Behind the scenes the US military has its own ideas. You won't see the MSM discussing this!
from Centre for Research on Globalisation
http://www.globalresearch.ca/...
by Michel Chossudovsky
23 November 2004
Territorial control over Canada is part of Washington's geopolitical and military agenda as formulated in April 2002 by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "Binational integration" of military command structures is also contemplated alongside a major revamping in the areas of immigration, law enforcement and intelligence.
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The creation of NORTHCOM announced in April 2002, constitutes a blatant violation of both Canadian and Mexican territorial sovereignty. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced unilaterally that US Northern Command would have jurisdiction over the entire North American region. Canada and Mexico were presented with a fait accompli. US Northern Command's jurisdiction as outlined by the US DoD includes, in addition to the continental US, all of Canada, Mexico, as well as portions of the Caribbean, contiguous waters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans up to 500 miles off the Mexican, US and Canadian coastlines as well as the Canadian Arctic.
NorthCom's stated mandate is to "provide a necessary focus for [continental] aerospace, land and sea defenses, and critical support for [the] nation's civil authorities in times of national need."
Rumsfeld is said to have boasted that "the NORTHCOM - with all of North America as its geographic command - 'is part of the greatest transformation of the Unified Command Plan [UCP] since its inception in 1947.'" (Ibid)
Following Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's refusal to join NORTHCOM, a high-level so-called "consultative" Binational Planning Group (BPG), operating out of the Peterson Air Force base, was set up in late 2002, with a mandate to "prepare contingency plans to respond to [land and sea] threats and attacks, and other major emergencies in Canada or the United States".
The BPG's mandate goes far beyond the jurisdiction of a consultative military body making "recommendations" to government. In practice, it is neither accountable to the US Congress nor to the Canadian House of Commons.
There is much more in this article, but the basic premise is that all of North America is considered by Rumsfeld and the Pentagon as a "US Security Zone", from the Artic Ocean to the Carribean Sea and 500 miles off-shore of all of North America. This discussion is never brought up by the MSM. And it's the underlying basis of the current immigration debate - they want to make all of North America ONE COUNTRY.
Elsewhere, the economic elites have been quietly crafting "NAFTA-PLUS", referred to as "deep integration," particularly in Canada. The elites of the three NAFTA countries (Canada, the United States, and Mexico) have been aggressively moving forward to build a new political and economic entity. A "trinational merger" is underway that leaps beyond the single market that NAFTA envisioned and, in many ways, would constitute a single state, called simply, "North America."
From the International Relations Center
Miguel Pickard | August 24, 2005
http://americas.irc-online.org/...
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The initial steps for the creation of a new North American space have already been taken. Mexico, in particular, will have to make the most far-reaching adjustments, and face difficult questions regarding national identity and the nation's future. In Canada, although the issue is generally unknown, there is now lively discussion within academic settings and NGOs.2 In the United States, the issue is still off the screen.
Matters of identity and sovereignty for the United States will likely be mute, given that it has the most to gain and the least to lose. Advantages for the United States will include the right to decide on crucial matters such as "pushing out" its borders in response to regional security concerns, and access to strategic natural resources, particularly oil, gas, and fresh water. For the trade, manufacturing, and financial elites of Mexico and Canada, NAFTA Plus will likely mean a "porous" border for its products and services, and virtually unrestricted access to the United States, still the largest consumer market in the world.
The trinational elites of the private sector will accrue greater benefits in this new space, but the American government and private sector will reap the greatest gains. The three countries will not be equal partners. As in the early 90s when NAFTA was negotiated, no pretense will be made now of taking into account the huge asymmetries between the United States and its smaller partners, likely leading to an erosion of sovereignty for Mexico and Canada.
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In a word, security is the overwhelming concern of the new U.S. domestic and international agenda. The first sentence of The National Defense Strategy of the United States of America, signed by secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in March 2005, says it with frightening concision: "America is a nation at war." Consequently, the first strategic objective establishes, "We will give top priority to dissuading, deterring, and defeating those who seek to harm the United States directly, especially extremist enemies with weapons of mass destruction."23 Although "directly" has been loosely interpreted to mean any U.S. interest in any part of the world, defense of the homeland now gets top billing. "Our first priority," the document states, "is the defeat of direct threats to the United States. (...) Therefore, the United States must defeat the most dangerous challenges early and at a safe distance, before they are allowed to mature."24
In April 2002, the United States unilaterally created the North American Command and drew a defense perimeter around itself, Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, and adjacent seas.25 This "land command" is one of five that the United States has created throughout the world. Even the universe is considered, since there are also five "special commands," one for outer space.
The concern for territorial security has already led to the outward expansion of American borders. Today the U.S. borders are increasingly the extremes of its two neighboring countries. The American security perimeter extends from Canada's far north, the Arctic Ocean, to Mexico's extreme south, bordering with Guatemala and Belize. Crossing this expanded perimeter will increasingly mean complying with the same security standards that the United States has at its traditional borders. (as described above... -Ed.)
Both of these articles are very long, but well worth the read to understand and grasp the true motivations behind the immigration question and the tri-national meeting taking place in Cancun, Mexico right now.
NEXT UP: Look for a new North American "Euro"-styled currency next, created by the "mysterious hand of the Free Market" aka the central banks.
The melting of our borders has been going on for some time, well before the current uproar. It is only now that people are taking notice, albeit because of the direct ramifications the new immigration laws being crafted now will have on them. I just hope the pushback is not "too little, too late."