Congress
In Recess
02/21/2003
CONGRESS
IN RECESS
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IRAQ
AND THE UNITED NATIONS
Recent
actions by the French,
who are pursuing their
own financial interests
by supporting the
dictatorship in Iraq and
opposing the United
States, have only served
to prove that the United
Nations is a joke. I
wrote a commentary on
the United Nations
situation which appeared
in the Washington
Times on Tuesday,
September 18th. For
those who missed it, I
have reprinted it below
Saturday,
February 15, 2003 may
well be remembered as
one of the saddest
days in the history of
humanity. The day may
well become reviled by
future generations. It
was on this day that
millions of
"civil
libertarians" and
"peace
advocates" took
to the streets
worldwide to defend
one of the most evil
and murderous
dictators the world
has ever encountered.
Not
in a single speech or
on a single poster did
the demonstrators
complain of the total
lack of human rights
in Iraq. Not one sign
demanded equal rights
for women or condemned
the constant
state-sanctioned rapes
and murders in Iraq.
The demonstrators saw
no problem with the
use by Iraq of
chemical weapons to
kill thousands of
people. Nor did the
demonstrators seem to
have a problem with
payments by the Iraqi
government to the
families of suicide
bombers.
All
condemnation came
against the United
States and Britain
because of the desire
of the leaders of
those nations to rid
the world of a corrupt
dictatorship that has
caused the deaths
through war of more
than 2,000,000 people
in the last three
decades. The apparent
aim of the
demonstrations was to
force Britain and the
United States to bow
to the United Nations
and the desire of
France and Germany to
continue to bolster
their weak economies
by the sale of arms
and technology to
Iraq.
And
why would the vaunted
United Nations support
the dictatorship in
Iraq against the
democracies of the
world? Because the
majority of the member
nations of the United
Nations are
dictatorships and
monarchies. Indeed the
United Nations
Commission on Human
Rights is now headed
by one of the greatest
offenders of human
rights, the nation of
Libya. Libya is run by
the dictator Moammar
Gadhafi, who among
other atrocities
ordered the bombing of
a TWA civilian flight
that killed hundreds.
The
United Nations
Commission on
Disarmament is headed
by the nation of Iraq,
the very nation that
is the focus of
disarmament right now!
It is their refusal to
destroy weapons of
mass destruction that
has spurred American
action.
The
United Nations is run
by petty dictators and
corrupt monarchs; yet,
even the government of
the United States
pretends that it is a
democratic
institution. Most
United Nations funding
is paid for by U.S.
Taxpayers.
The
fundamental flaw of
the United Nations is
the Security Council
itself. There power is
reserved for a few
"permanent"
members to safeguard
its takeover by small
nations run by
dictators. That, at
least, was the intent
of the founding
members such as the
United States, the
United Kingdom and
France. Unfortunately,
the founders gave each
of themselves veto
power over all actions
of the Security
Council, believing
that they were allies
and would always
agree. Now we are
faced with a situation
in which any nation in
the Security Council,
such as France, out of
its own financial
interests can veto the
use of military force
by other members.
Under
these circumstances is
the United Nations an
institution in which
the United States
should remain a
member? Is it in the
best interests of the
United States to give
France and other
nations absolute veto
power over the actions
of our elected
officials,
particularly when the
majority of members of
the United Nations are
indeed dictatorships?
The obvious answer is
no.
On
the day we begin
military action to
free the people of
Iraq and rid the world
of the threat of that
nation's weapons of
mass destruction,
President George W.
Bush should announce
the withdrawal of the
United States from the
United Nations.
Because it caters to
dictatorships and
monarchies, the United
Nations is irrelevant
and a waste of
taxpayers' money.
If
the United States
remains in the United
Nations, it will give
credence to the
kangaroo courts that
have been set up in
Europe, particularly
in Belgium. These
courts place arrest
warrants out for the
leaders of democratic
nations such as
Israel, while turning
a blind eye to the
atrocities of men such
as Osama bin Laden and
Saddam Hussein.
It
is simply time for the
United States to stay
the course of
democracy in the world
and distance itself
from dictatorships,
monarchies and those
who cater to them such
as the weasel nations
of Europe. The time
may be at hand to form
a new association of
nations, one open only
to those whose
governments ascribe to
democratic principles.
No dictatorships need
apply.
A
FINAL NOTE ON ESTRADA
Congress
is out for the week as
the worst blizzard of
the new decade crippled
Washington, DC. This did
not, however, stop the
battle over the
nomination of Miguel
Estrada to the Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Conservative Hispanic
groups have raised the
cry for Estrada with
full page newspaper ads
in states with large
Hispanic populations
such as Florida,
demanding that Democrat
Senators vote to stop
the Democrat-led
filibuster against
Estrada. Meanwhile
Hispanic groups that
receive favors and cash
from the Democrat left
tow the line against
Estrada. Many of these
Democrat front groups
say that Estrada, a
Harvard educated
immigrant from Honduras,
does not understand
"Hispanic
issues," whatever
that means.
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William
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Religious
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