The Irrelevant U.N.

On January 8, 1918 President Woodrow Wilson explained to the US House and Senate that the world had gotten smaller and that nations now affected each other so we needed to form a group of nations who agreed to work together. The world was embroiled in World War I. Wilson put forth fourteen points intended to serve as the basis for an alliance and world peace. Point 14 says: "A general association of nations should be formed on the basis of covenants designed to create mutual guarantees of the political independence and territorial integrity of States, large and small equally."

And with that pledge that nations would respect each other’s sovereignty, was born the League of Nations. World War II came about and the League of Nations splintered and became irrelevant because they violated their prime directives—the 14 points that defined them. It was disbanded and on April 18,1946 the League of Nations transfers all its assets to the United Nations.

The name "United Nations" was coined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt who first used it in the "Declaration by United Nations" of January 1, 1942. Representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers, namely Japan and Germany. (From this time period comes the current use of the phrase the “Axis of Evil” as set forth by the Bush Administration).

The League of Nations was created, fostered and reared by the United States. In World War I and in World War II, the turning point towards victory was when the United States of America joined the battle and defeated the enemy and set the allied nations on a dominant plane.

Yes, we were the youngest nation in the alliance, but it was our perseverance and our ingenuity in both wars that saved the world from being dominated by the tyrannical forces we were up against.

Then the United States created, fostered and reared the United Nations (UN). Over the last few decades, the UN has found itself being an adversary to the United States even though their housing is in our country, right in New York. It seems as though many nations have regretted the size and might America has attained and through the UN, they have attempted to level the playing field against the powerful America.

America has meddled in the business of other nations, but mostly for the purpose of wanting to diffuse whatever situations may have been going on. This has been very costly since every time we meddle in an area, those around the problem drop their obligation to police their own area. Bosnia should have taken care of by the European nations, but why should they pony up the money and all the manpower to secure an area if America is on the job?

The flip side of that statement is that America has been on the job and America has been expending her own money to secure various areas across this world. But, the members of the UN do not count that effort as noble. It seems as though the UN has established a counter coalition of allies against America.

President Bush spoke before the UN on Thursday, September 12, 2002. He sent that body a clear message as he was preparing to go to war against Iraq: Align with us or don’t, but we are going to proceed in what we have to do to protect ourselves.

A secondary message which came across loud and clear in what President Bush said to the UN was: You are about as relevant as the League of Nations was during World War II. You are rendering yourselves obsolete”.

The UN gave Iraq sixteen different mandates before, during and after Desert Storm. They varied from demanding that Iraq observe Human Rights to demanding that they stop manufacturing chemicals for warfare. Iraq dismissed ALL sixteen of the UN’s mandates and the UN did nothing about it.

President Bush asserted that the UN was responsible for having bolstered Hussein by not having reigned in his activities. The UN created a threat to the world by allowing Hussein to gain power in military weapons.

Africa’s Nelson Mandela also spoke before the UN during that same time, warning them that America was a threat to world peace. He suggested that our desire to stifle Iraq would start a chain of events in the Middle East which would draw on a global crisis and possibly another global war: World War III. He insinuated that Bin Laden and his group of zealots were not the problem, it was America who was a terrorist to the global community.

Mandela seemed to have forgotten that were it not for America he would STILL be confined to the jail cell his countrymen held him in as a political dissident. It was Americans who pressured his government through embargoes and boycotts until the time when his cell door opened and he was freed.

Mandela seemed only too eager to set aside the fact that it was Bin laden who chose to attack America and bring about this War On Terror we are engaged in and it was Hussein who chose to ally himself and his country with those who are our enemy. We let the world know early on after 9-11: “if you house a terrorist, we are coming after you”. Iraq housed terrorists and quite frankly Iraq was governed by a terrorist. But, to Mandela and to too many within the UN, Bin Laden and Hussein were not and are not terrorists; they are freedom fighters who are well within their rights to try to bring down the giant, evil America.

And then came the uncovering of the Iraq Survey Group Report (the Duelfer Report) that claimed that Hussein bribed members of the UN’s Security Council with the billions of dollars the UN provided Hussein through the Oil for Food program. Hussein’s objective was to get the UN to turn a blind eye to his activities. This is the same Security Council who issued the 17 resolutions and then ignored them. Even Kofi Annon’s son, Kojo Annon financially benefited from the money Hussein showered on the UN.

The UN has refused to hand over to congressional investigators the audits for the Oil for Food program suggesting that the contents of those reports may be damaging to the reputation of Annan and the future of the UN.

According to the Charter that established the UN, the UN has four purposes: · to maintain international peace and security; · to develop friendly relations among nations; · to cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights; and · to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.

Consider this: · The UN has been slow and inactive in securing the world’s safety against nations and individuals that have acquired nuclear capabilities. · The UN has set nations as adversaries against America. The UN itself has become an adversary of America. · The theft of the billions of dollars from the Oil for Food program is an international problem. The UN is stonewalling and keeping the world from solving it and ensuring that such a thing not happen again. · The UN has been slow and inactive in wanting to secure human rights for numerous parts of the world—Iraq and the Sudan to name two.

The UN has violated ALL four of its prime directives—their very reasons for existing. Like the League of Nations before them—they HAVE rendered themselves untrustworthy and irrelevant.

In response to the need for funds to be collected for the tsunami victims in Asia, President Bush called for a multi-nation coalition to handle the billions of dollars that he knew the world would bring forth in aid for Asia. He made it clear, as did leaders from other countries that the UN should not be allowed to handle this massive fund. We would like the money to go to those who need it and not towards the purchase of political clout like what happened with the money that should have provided much needed food for the poor people in war torn Iraq.

It is time for America to enter in an alliance of nations that pledge to really watch our backs. Kofi Annon and the United Nation’s days are numbered. If they insist on continuing in the direction they have set their path in — perhaps they might consider packing up and moving to France. Let the French deal with all of those pesky Diplomatic Immunity drivers.

I’m Jenni Vinson Trejo. The Irrelevent UN is My Opinion. Thank You for Listening

I contend that their behavior in the Iraq Oil for Food Scandal still finds the U.N neutered and irrelevent.

You are absolutely, positively, WRONG.

The UN is not "irrelevant". It is a terrorist organization.

The UN has a long and proven history working with Hizb'allah terrorists
murdering civilians - Christians, Jews, and Americans.

Note -- and remember -- this photo where both the UN and Hizb'allah terrorist flags fly together.
Because the UN continues to be implicated in such savage behavior
millions of Americans wonder why America continues to fund and
help the UN-terrorists, UN-slavers, and UN-serial rapists.

The UN was on Hussein's payroll. He had bought them, both UN management and key members on the Security Council.

The UN is a vampire organization that uses war and famine to hide its money laundering. They do not resolve anything, they "monitor" it. Similarly the IAEA doesn't stop anyone from getting nuclear weapons, on the contrary they provide cover.

The UN does have its uses. It provides the appearance of action when you don't want to act.

The League of Nations was created, fostered and reared by the United States.

But we didn't join it. And for those curious as to why we seemed so eager to join the UN, it was that prevailing opinion after WWII was that the League failed due to lack of U.S. membership.

I have no firm opinion on that either way, but I do on the UN. It was never intended to be a world government, in fact, it was specifically designed to be unable to fill that function based on fears (thoroughly justified in the event) that it would turn into one. The real problem is that the UN is populated by an unelected voting body that is accountable to no one, is funded by "voluntary" contributions that turn out to be anything but, and is staffed by an international bureaucracy that feels that it may exercise world governing authority and that in order to do so it must neutralize its most potent rival for power, the United States. The sad part is that there are so many internationalists in American government who would go along with the latter proposition wholeheartedly, notably the Clintons, the Kerrys, the Kennedys. In this sense the accusations that the latter are working against American interests is literally true.

You are right. It was never meant to be a world government, but it has elevated itself to just that.

Can we agree that the role of the UN is irrelevant in the minds of reasonable Americans who no longer trust the UN to step up to actually help?

It's not important to me that we agree on the word, "irrelevant". I simply do not see a role for the UN in the future. If--as you say, the US ceases to have need for it-- it will die on the vine.

What about Hizballah and Iranian threats to eliminate Israel and commit genocide? On that, the UN is silent. Hizballah not wearing any uniform? UN is silent. Hizballah hiding munitions inside of civilian areas. UN is silent. Hizballah not part of a recognized military. UN is silent. Israel defending itself? UN is not silent. US, NATO, and Israel are the only armed forces on earth that act in accordance with the law, scrupulously and to the letter.

Tomorrow, call your Senators and Congressmen.

Tell them that the UN has failed once again and we are tired of their corruption.

This article has loads of talking points.

Tell them we want to get out of the Un, and get the Un out of our country.

To make it easy for you, here's a toll free number for the US Capitol: 1-866-808-0065.The nice lady will connect you to the person of your choice.

I called on Friday.If we all do it, and talk to others and encourage them to do it, maybe we can rid ourselves of the scourge of the UN.

Israel bashing is the only thing UN members care about. That apart from sucking up American taxpayer dollars. Liberals support the UN because they know it does nothing to advance American interests and is filled with nations that hate America and Israel.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em, Down Hezbullies.)

The UN is just one big debating society. I'm a Canadian and I don't like it when Canada is relying on an irrelevant organization that does absolutely nothing but talk while the conflict is taking place. It doesn't enforce its resolutions and is paralyzed when action needs to be taken. People only join the UN to get the perks of the job and for the children to get free university education. I had a lot of classmates in university who had their education free because their parents worked for the UN. You kind of question their motives for taking the job in the UN not for the betterment of the world but for obtaining the perks of the job. Free education for their children being one of them. The UN is just one big joke. It actually prolongs conflict rather than solve them.

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