[USAF_TSgt]

I must respectfully disagree, Consort, that the UN will be a constant thorn in our sides if we leave. We provide the single largest source of income to the UN, and we also provide the most military support (both financially and direct military action). Without our support, and probably more importantly, without the legitimacy our membership provides, the UN will begin it's slow downward spiral. They cannot find the funds or military to replace our departure. I think the UN realizes this, and has been despartely trying to get some sort of "global tax" to find another source of dependable income. Please do not mind spelling errors if you find them, I have a two-year old on my lap who wants to type also.

[Consort]

The UN will have no funding problems if we run and and try to bury our head in the sand. After we exit and the UN becomes more and more anti-American, the money will pour in and the diplomatic assaults on us will be coordinated with the terrorist assaults and it will then cost us much more in more ways than one. Once we make that mistake, we won't be able to reverse it.

[Michael Barnes]

global tax

Sorta like hte Tobin tax I hear about every once in a while?