Useless Nitwits...A Brief History Of The UN
jose soplar
By Ron Marr
One of the first things noticed by visitors to the United Nations
building in New York is a mosaic based on the Norman Rockwell painting
"The Golden Rule." Depicting various of the world's cultures, this
work of art is inscribed with the famous passage "do unto others as
you would have others do unto you."
While the intent of these words is fine indeed, their residence in UN
headquarters is the height of hypocrisy. A more appropriate
illustration would be that of a flock of well-dressed ostriches with
heads buried neck-deep in the sand, emblazoned with the legend "do
nothing to others for then they'll only do things to the US."
Why are we in the UN? Why do we associate with a pack of wolves whose
initials would better stand for "Useless Nitwits?" Do they live up to
their goals? Do they follow through on promises? Do we, as Americans,
receive any benefit from membership?
The answers are simple. We came to join and co-found the UN under the
auspices of Franklin Roosevelt, patron saint of America's socialist
nanny state. The idea of a world governing body arose from the ashes
of Woodrow Wilson's "League of Nations" devised during the Treaty of
Versailles. The League, as you may or may not know, fell to tatters
when its directives and mandates displayed neither spine nor teeth. It
did such a dandy job of preventing World War II.
Why America retains UN membership is another question entirely. In
large part it is political. Those in elected office are afraid they
would lose the votes of the American left - those who prefer cradle to
grave care and a dissolution of the rights promised by the US
Constitution - should they call for our immediate resignation.
You see, the American left by and large supports the UN; they prefer
the concept of a world government over that of United States
sovereignty. Why they feel this way is a question I cannot answer. To
do so would be to define liberalism itself, a belief system which
defies all logic or common sense and is based solely on emotion,
wishes, fantasy and a certain bitter dedication to the illegality of
humor, happiness and individualism.
Does the UN live up to it's goals? Let's look at a few of their
claimed "major achievements."
The UN membership is open to all "peace loving" nations that accept
the obligations of the UN charter. I guess that's why their numbers
include Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea,
Syria and a host of other countries who never invade their neighbors,
never abuse human rights, abhor torture and unlawful imprisonment and
believe in personal liberty.
The UN brags of its work in the area of human rights. This is a joke.
When Saddam Hussein began his genocide against the Kurds (beginning
with the town of Halabja on March 16, 1988) he gassed and killed 5,000
people in one day. In the ensuing years it is estimated he tortured
and executed at least 100,000 men, women and children. Apparently, the
UN does not see such atrocities as a reason to militarily remove him
from power. Neither do the human rights advocates of the American
left, who care far more about heinous crimes against Redwood trees and
pine beetles than they do crimes against humanity
The UN brags of its vital role in protecting the environment. Of
course they ignore the violations of Saddam Hussein, possibly the
worst eco-terrorist on the planet. Anybody recall the aftermath of his
burning of the Kuwaiti oil fields? Again, the American left ignores
this fact, primarily because it is a Republican President who wants
the Butcher of Baghdad to be brought to justice. Instead, as in a
recent PETA ad, they compare sheep, pigs and cows to victims of the
Nazi holocaust.
The UN brags of promoting self determination and independence. This is
too ridiculous for commentary, unless their idea of self-determination
and independence is redistributing US wealth to madmen, thieves and
killers.
You get the idea. As to what the US receives from the UN, lets put it
in simple terms. We pay 28% of the UN's annual budget, but have no
more clout than France (who pays six percent). We pay for 31.7% of all
peace keeping activities. We donate weapons, NATO Flights, logistical
support, intelligence, ships and manpower to peacekeeping operations,
while most other countries are reimbursed for such goods and services.
We are the largest donor to UNICEF and most other UN independent
agencies.
What do we get from being in the UN? We get abuse. We receive the
enmity of the world. We receive unwarranted attacks from totalitarian
nations and American leftists. We are called greedy and callous. We
are told we are warmongers who abuse our power.
I say fine. Let's resign from the UN and see how long it exists. Let's
keep our dough, spend it on chicks, booze and Camaros. Most of all,
lets offer those Americans who so hate this country free tickets to
the Third World wasteland of their choosing.
Lets even give them free UN t-shirts. I'm sure the useless nitwits
would wear them with pride.
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