Posted on 11/21/2004 7:02:03 PM PST by wagglebee
A new anti-United Nations television campaign is reversing the familiar refrain "get the U.S. out of the U.N.," and instead urges the global body be kicked out of the U.S.
"The U.N. has become an apologist and defender of terrorist organizations and their agents," says the 60-second commercial, which points out the recent Oil-for-Food scandal involving the U.N.
"Billions of dollars intended for humanitarian aid instead went to pay the families of Palestinian terrorists, and to buy weapons for Iraq-based terrorists. Millions more went to bribe journalists and officials in countries opposing Operation Iraqi Freedom, like France, Germany and Russia, the most vocal critics of the war. What a coincidence."
It continues by asking: "We tell other countries not to harbor organizations that support terrorists, why then do we harbor the U.N. here in America?"
Leading the campaign to boot the U.N. is the conservative organization, Move America Forward, which was founded by former California Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian and San Francisco talk-radio personality Melanie Morgan.
Kaloogian recently chaired the Recall Gray Davis Committee, leading the effort that replaced the embattled California governor with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and also helped rally millions of Americans to oppose the airing of the CBS' piece "The Reagans," which portrayed the former first family unfavorably.
"The recent revelations on the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal are the final straws in making the case against the U.N.," said Kaloogian. "The U.S. government is resolved to take action against nations that harbor terrorists or organizations which provide financial aid or in-kind assistance to terrorists. Why, then does our nation play host to, and harbor, the United Nations when recent evidence implicates the U.N.'s role in providing assistance to terrorists such as Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein?"
The group is asking concerned citizens to sign its online petition which will be delivered to President Bush and leaders of Congress, as well as the U.N.
The petition concludes by stating, "We, the undersigned, do therefore call for the following to take place immediately:
Removal of the United Nations Headquarters facilities from New York, relocating it outside of the United States and any of its territories.
A thorough review of the U.S. financial contributions to the U.N. with a goal of a more equitable payment schedule. Until that review is concluded, eliminate all the payments made by the United States to the United Nations."
Response to the effort thus far has been overwhelming, according to the group.
"I have never seen such a vigorous response to any grassroots effort like there's been to this effort to take serious steps to sanction the U.N. for it's coddling of terrorists and terrorist-supporting regimes," said Morgan of KSFO Radio.
"We need drastic change right away, and that begins with getting the U.N. out of this country and all the terrorist-sympathizing U.N. agents out of here immediately. Then we need to re-examine the amount of money that we provide the U.N. Americans pay too much to the U.N. for the treatment we receive," she said.
i vote for this .... any day any time ..... useless debating society...... as someone said some time ago
UN is a big mistake. They screwed up in the Korean War.
Hey! They stole my tagline!
I would love to see this run in NYC just to freak out the leftoids.
Harare would make a great home for the UN. Most UN delegates would feel really at home there -- you know, totalitarian government, country on the verge of collapse, land theft, etc.
I just hope they remember to take the Clintonistas with them when they are evicted.
The UN is NOT welcome here.
We have always been chumps for supporting the UN.
We should be so lucky.
You have to see this!
What's that old Maoist dictum? "Power grows from the mouth of... " uh, I forget, uh, a flower?
"They stole my tagline!"
Your tagline says it all: US out of UN and UN out of US.
Anybody got a problem with that?
Dunno. Perhaps it will give us fewer excuses to let Iranian and Cuban nationals into the country.
Keep your friends close... your enemies closer -- Sun Tzu
Where do I sign this petition? I'm all for it.
If the UN "Oil for food" bribery program isn't enough to rally support for getting the UN out of the US, then nothing will.
Click on the link (it's in blue) that says, "online petition."
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