Posted on 11/21/2004 9:53:27 PM PST by ChristianDefender
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.
The question one should ask, is what is and has the uN done for America? Answer: Nothing, except cost us taxpayers. It was originally the League of Nations and Algier Hiss a communist/ one of FDR's was instrumental in getting us in this POS anti-american organization. Why keep the fox in the hen house when your chickens keep on disappearing. Who cares what the the rest of the world thinks, if not for us they would be running around in loin cloths and eating grubs. (F) the UN and it's unamerican sympathizers. NSNR.
We just send a building inspector to find a clogged toilet and then we can condemn and raze the building.
It is broken, corrupt, and anti-American? Of course. But moving it to another country would give that other country increased prestige. There's some benefit in diplomats and staff from pissant third world countries coming to America where they see what a superpower looks like.
We need to drastically reform the UN, no question about it. But kicking it out of the US won't accomplish that.
But kicking it out of the US won't accomplish that.
In a NYC minute the corruption on our soil perpetrated by third world despots, propped up by US cold hard cash with a worldwide yearning to control a superpower(us) would be hard pressed to continue. Step two would be to end our participation in the farce.
So YES, it will accomplish that!
Is there any doubt that Israel would be subject to sanctions and embargos if we were not actively reigning in the UN?
BTTT
The bigger picture is simply this - The UN cannot exist without the USA's safety blanket of cash, power and prestege. They would simply dissolve.
Economic sanctions worked real well against Iraq didn't they?
++++Is there any doubt that Israel would be subject to sanctions and embargos if we were not actively reigning in the UN?++++
Reigning in the UN? Sounds great, when do we start?
Thanks for the Ping!
Done
Not that easy I think. They are "diplomats" so I don't think they do not have to obey our laws.... the way normal people or businesses do.
Ummm....we could always bulldoze the building with the diplomats in them. :)
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