U.N at a Crossroads or a Dead End?
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell co-chair the Task Force on the United Nations recently mandated by Congress to "explore approaches to strengthening the U.N." Together, they wrote a column in today's Washington Times to explain some of the goals of the task force:
Even more ominous than the U.N. financial corruption is the ability of the U.N. to encroach upon our sacred sovereignty by way of international treaties. The Kyoto Protocol comes to mind as does the Law Of The Sea Treaty (another good piece on the 'Sea Treaty' is posted at Freedom Alliance).
Fortunately, Kyoto died a natural death while the threat of the "Sea Treaty" looms ahead.
While many believe the U.N. is irrelevant and on its last leg, the" international community" here and abroad is not going to let it go down without a hurculean fight.
We are personally committed to helping the United States and the United Nations make the right choices at this crossroads. That is why we have agreed to co-chair a task force authorized by Congress to explore approaches to strengthening the United Nations.As much as I admire and respect Speaker Gingrich, I cringe upon reading his strong recommendations to further strengthen this failed institution with the full backing and fiduciary means of Congress (yours and my hard earned tax dollars) required to fix the unfixable. We don't need a stronger U.N., we need a weaker, less influential U.N. who can't impose themselves or their policies on sovereign nations. We don't need them. No one needs them. They need us (read, our money) for the sole purpose of distributing our wealth to the rest of the world, while misdirecting a disproportionate amount for their own corrupt purposes.
This task force, organized by the U.S. Institute of Peace, has been directed by Congress, at the behest of Rep. Frank Wolf, chairman of the House Commerce-Justice-State Appropriations Subcommittee, to find ways to help the United Nations to realize more fully the purposes of its charter.
Even more ominous than the U.N. financial corruption is the ability of the U.N. to encroach upon our sacred sovereignty by way of international treaties. The Kyoto Protocol comes to mind as does the Law Of The Sea Treaty (another good piece on the 'Sea Treaty' is posted at Freedom Alliance).
Fortunately, Kyoto died a natural death while the threat of the "Sea Treaty" looms ahead.
While many believe the U.N. is irrelevant and on its last leg, the" international community" here and abroad is not going to let it go down without a hurculean fight.
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