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Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) famously said that:
History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
This applies to almost every single aspect of (known) human history including to the topic of national sovereignty & attempts by groups within an existing political construct to achieve self-determination.
This episode of Bill Cooper’s radio show was dedicated in its entirely to discussing one such attempt by a group in Texas to reinstate the Republic of Texas under the pretext that its integration with the United States in 1846 was done in an unlawful manner.
The group based their argument on the fact that the Supreme Court of the (US State) of Texas refused to hear their case under the official explanation that this court “had no jurisdiction” on a matter such as this.
The matter itself is quite interesting but what is even more significant is Cooper’s analysis of this attempt, the actual things that he asserts need to be in place to make it a reality and not just “masturbation” (his word, not mine) and how if one approached the UN or any of their agencies (the ICJ in this particular instance) for recognition, they are acknowledging by definition the authority the UN (the “one world government” according to Cooper) and the ICJ (the “one world court” according to Cooper) has over them.
This is a very important matter to contemplate on and is also very very pertinent right now with things like the Alberta sovereignty movement and even things like the longstanding attempt by the Palestinian Authority (whose President and most senior officials are ALL WEF members) to gain international recognition by the UN and other nations for an Independent State of Palestine.
According to Cooper, an attempt for self-determination does not and CAN NOT rely on the UN for success.
Instead, it requires the following:
Majority support by the people in any territory seeking self-determination to do so; and
Military force (“militia” to use Cooper’s term) that is properly equipped and more importantly: comprised of “men who are willing to DIE for that cause” .
Cooper alleges (and I tend to agree) that ANY attempt by a supposed “independence/self-determination” group to get the UN involved in any way, shape or form should be treated with extreme prejudice and the true motives of those people should be questioned.
In case you want to know how this attempt, first launched on December 13, 1995 played out, this wiki entry is surprisingly good:
If you want to listen to the full episode or download the MP3, you can do so here (or anywhere else you get your podcasts):
