Yeah, right. Wait, isn't that the day we buy new guns and ammo?
Oh, puke.
"It is the sacred principles enshrined in the UN Charter to which we will henceforth pledge our allegiance." - President George H.W. Bush, speech before the UN, February 1, 1992.
We should have been outta the U.N. years ago.
Barf alert?
I still say that the UN building would make a nice hotel or maybe we should just make the grounds a nice parking lot.
GET THE U.S. OUT OF THE U.N. !!!
Nevermind. I was an American expat in Germany when the UN flag was flying all around Bonn. IAEA advertisements ran on television and BFBS radio. I fear that most Americans do not "get it", and hope and pray that our finest in the military services do.
Putrid
Mr. President, shame on you.
Go to Hell George W.
This is what you might call a "vapid generalization" or "feel good" kind of announcement. But there are times when it shows singularly bad judgment to make such an announcement. Especially now, in the midst of so many unresolved UN scandals: oil for food, pederasty, child sex slavery, support for homosexuality, support for abortion, forced condom distribution, turning a blind eye to slavery and prison camps, anti-semitism, and a membership dominated by tin-horn dictators and embezzlers.
The very least he could have said is that the UN was founded with high ideals but and that he wishes they would make some effort to live up to those ideals.
Or else maybe he could have simply said, "Well, folks, this is UN Day. Just thought I'd let you know."
Mr. Bush should tell us just where the UN has "spread liberty". Maybe he should use the UN protectorates, Kosovo and East Timor as examples.