Hi.
This is a very short diary.
So I've noticed this story EVERYWHERE on the internet in the last week or two, and some people I know, who are not right wing wackaloons, are falling for it.
Unfortunately, there's no FactCheck.Org piece on this yet for me to use.
As far as I can tell, this is about a treaty that started under Kissinger - but the details are a bit convoluted, as the only sources seem to be right wing fringe blogs repeating the same information. Not much help.
The article apparently originated on World Net Daily - written by JOE MILLER - he of the failed 2010 GOP candidacy in Alaska.
From what I can tell of this gobbledygook, he's claiming - I THINK - that President Obama is somehow fulfilling some treaty that, under maritime jurisdiction, would somehow give "7 oil-rich Alaskan islands" to Russia - not only THAT - but that it would automatically make anyone LIVING on those Alaskan islands - RUSSIAN, essentially taking away their U.S. citizenship.
From just ONE of the sources for this crap:
Joe Miller reports for WorldNetDaily that Obama’s war against U.S. energy independence continues unabated this month with a foreign-aid program that directly threatens Alaska’s sovereign territory. The Obama administration is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden Alaskan islands to the Russians.
Now - I KNOW this has got to be hogwash.
But I need a little help, if anyone knows somewhere where this is debunked, or knows more about it than I do, so I can stop having these people ask me about it.
I REALLY appreciate any help on this. Thanks.