An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Yes! Make It Go Away!
Yes, I do actually read some of the ‘opposition’ stuff on occasion. And sometimes, I even have to comment on it in a post. Here’s an occasion that cannot be passed up! A little piece over at HuffPo by Johann Hari:
John McCain’s Secretive Plan to “Kill the UN”
But McCain does know one thing: he doesn’t like the United Nations. He championed George Bush’s appointment of John Bolton as the US Ambassador to the UN — precisely because Bolton scorns the UN as “irrelevant” and “a twilight zone.” He even announced “there is no such thing as the United Nations.” It was like appointing Marilyn Manson as Ambassador to the Vatican. This is part of a long seam of thinking on the American right: they opposed the UN’s creation by Franklin Roosevelt as an unacceptable fetter on American power, and have never been properly reconciled to it. Republican congresses have refused to authorise US dues to the UN — so there is now a backlog of $2.8 billion outstanding.
Yet McCain cannot oppose the UN outright — because the American people support it so passionately. Contrary to the yokel-myth, a typical opinion poll — by Global Public Opinion — just found that 64 percent of Americans think the UN is doing a good job, compared to just 28 percent who support George Bush. Some 72 percent of Americans want the UN to play a bigger role in their foreign policy.
Ok, McCain just went up a notch or two in my book. I don’t like the Useless Numnuts either. Do I really need to list the reasons? Probably not. Most thinking people KNOW this ‘august body’ is a bunch of anti American, anti Israelis, anti gun, anti women, pro world tax, thieves….dang…the list goes on and on. Murderers, rapists?
So, we “owe” $2.8 billion? Do I give a flying flip? I think it’s time to condemn that building up there in New York, and kick the whole of ‘em out! They want to move? Buh bye! I heard Toronto was willing a while back. Better yet, perhaps they should move the whole shebang to Dafur? Zimbabwe? The Congo? How ’bout Babylon?
I’m fairly sure the original idea was for nations to work together to ensure peaceful resolutions to conflicts. Pfft! They’ve failed miserably, and have even encouraged conflicts, murder and suppression of free people. Does this sound like an effective organization to you? Nope, me neither.
Lofty ideals, while they make those folks ‘feel good’ aren pretty useless if they can’t be implement without major harm to the people they are suppose affect.
The United Nations Millennium Declaration: The Goals is an example of just how out of touch with reality that bunch really is.
Peace, security and disarmament
International rule of law — Strengthen compliance with decisions of the International Court of Justice and provisions of the UN Charter; take concerted action against international terrorism; redouble efforts to counter world drug problem, transnational crime;
Let’s see. “Concerted action” involves sitting around, making up ‘resolutions’ to tell rogue nations “No no…bad! Mustn’t do that!” Yup….real affective, as we’ve seen in recent years. How many resolutions did they pass on Iraq? What are we up to now on Iran?
UN and armed conflict — Give UN the resources needed for conflict prevention, dispute resolution, peacekeeping, peace-building and reconstruction; strengthen cooperation with regional bodies;
Resources involves a great deal of tax payer money to put little blue hats on some of the worst criminals seen…..Peace Keepers! Pfft! They only keep “pieces”, not peace.
Disarmament — Strive to eliminate weapons of mass destruction; call on States to consider acceding to Landmines Convention; end illicit traffic in small arms, light weapons
This is one of those that REALLY disturbs me. In the long run, what they are ‘asking’ is for decent, law abiding citizens give up their right to defend themselves from above mentioned blue hatted thugs. Unacceptable! And anyone who supports such a move is also unacceptable, whether it is a candidate for the POTUS, or a regular citizen of Australia. NONE of us should accept such a blatant attempt to ‘take over the world’!
You can go and read the whole column, if you want. I’ll sum it up for ya…… UN good! US bad! Shocker, eh?
Cross posted at Reject the U.N.
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