THE           RENEWED DRIVE TO EXIT THE UNITED NATIONS  
by           Tom DeWeese
          January 24, 2017
NewsWithViews.com
Alabama
           Congressman Mike Rogers has introduced a new bill (H.R. 193) to end           U.S. membership in the United Nations. The bill is the 
reintroduction           of his American Sovereignty Restoration Act 
(H.R. 1205) from the last           Congress. And of course, that was 
basically the same bill introduced           year after year by former 
Congressman Ron Paul.
In
           the past, both Paul’s and Roger’s bills have been ignored    
       by Congress, but things are changing. Americans are beginning to 
understand           the UN threat. Obama has actually stood before the 
UN General Assembly           and called for Americans to surrender our 
national sovereignty to this           world body.
As
           Obama worked feverishly to build UN intrusion into our lives 
through           actions like Agenda 21 and by joining the UN’s Strong 
Cities Network           to militarize our police, the rest of the world
 has started to revolt           against UN global policies that are 
destroying their national independence           and economies.
The
           Brexit vote in England was the shock wave heard around the 
world. The           European Union is the first such organization of 
the UN’s goal           to create such unions in every region of the 
world, including North           and South American Unions, an Asian 
Union and so forth. The EU was to           be the wave of the future. 
England struggled under its shackles until           it could no longer 
stand it and so revolted. As the vote came in, suddenly           other 
members of the EU started thinking 'if England can escape, why         
  not them?'  Suddenly the global New World Order juggernaut has begun   
        to show cracks.
Meanwhile
           France is about to elect its own Trump-style president ready 
to pull           back its global policies as Italy rebels in its own 
way. Worst of all           for the UN globalists, their one excuse for 
power, Climate Change, is           being discredited as President Elect
 Trump prepares to throw out the           Paris Treaty along with the 
TPP.
However,
           it was the most recent Obama shenanigans in allowing a 
massive UN attack           on Israel over its settlements in favor of a
 non-existent Palestine           that has created the strongest ever 
anti-UN sentiment in the U.S.
Pulling           back on paying UN dues 
has been expressed by several in Congress as           support for such a
 sentiment has begun to grow across the nation. Without           the 
United States and its money the UN is nothing. It will cease to         
  exist in a very short time, just as did the old League of Nations.
Now,
           to feed that growing sentiment Congressman Rogers has again 
introduced           the legislative means to make it happen. This time 
more and more Americans           are listening.
To
           help readers understand why the UN is such a threat to our 
nation and           freedom-loving people everywhere, I am reissuing my
 opening statement           given in a debate over the UN before the 
200 year old English debating           society, Cambridge Union in 
2006. At the time I was debating the former           UK Ambassador, 
Lord David Hanney, the head of the Liberal Party and           member of
 Parliament, Simon Hughes, and the head of the UN Millennium           
Project, Salil Shetty.
Rep.
           Mike Rogers’ H.R. 193 must now be seriously considered and 
passed           by Congress. The time is finally here to make a strong 
stand to get           the United States out of the United Nations.
OPENING           STATEMENT
BY TOM DEWEESE
BEFORE THE CAMBRIDGE             UNION SOCIETY
           CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
October 26, 2006 
“This           House believes that the United Nations is a dead loss.”
It
           is reasonable that honest, compassionate people seek a means 
for governments           to come together to discuss and air their 
differences.
It
           is also reasonable that honest, compassionate people should 
desire some           way to voluntarily pool resources to provide 
charitable aid to those           who are starving or are victims of 
natural disaster.
Indeed           this is the image of the United Nations that has been sold to the world           since its inception.   It           is not, however, the reality.
The
           world is in chaos and, quite frankly, it’s the UN’s fault.   
        It gives validity to zealots and petty bigots. It helps to keep 
tyrannical           dictators in power. It gives a voice to 
international terrorists.
Delay.
           Negotiate. Recommend. Study. Reconsider. Do nothing. This is 
the game           the UN has played in nearly every international 
crisis.
It           is the reason North Korea remains a threat after 50 years.
It
           is the reason Zimbabwe’s murderous Robert Mugabe is able to 
steal           his election and then steal the land of white property 
owners, drive           the nation into economic ruin and starvation 
without an international           protest, boycott, or sanction. 
Instead, Mugabe is given a voice in the           UN’s Sustainable 
Development conference in South Africa.
It
           is the reason why the Chinese government is able to ignore UN
 rules           not to its liking -- while growing as an international 
military and           economic threat.
And           it is the reason why a terrorist nation like Syria can be given a seat           on the UN’s Human Rights Council.
The           United Nations, internally, is a mess. It now finds itself buried under           scandals.
It           has Oil-for-Food scandals. Smuggling scandals. And theft scandals.
Peace
           keeping missions actually bring fear to the local citizens 
they are           supposed to protect. Rob, rape and pillage seem to be
 the UN’s           modus operandi. How can we be surprised by such 
revelations?
Who
           has the power to oversee and control its actions? The people 
don’t           vote on UN actions. The media has little access behind 
the scenes. Who           audits the accounting books?
Of
           course, even its supporters will readily agree that such 
problems exist.           They are quick to jump in and call for 
“reform.” However,           when talking reform, one must be very 
careful of what the word may mean.
UN
           reports on reform don’t indicate a simple desire to plug 
holes           in UN spending -- or to clear up scandals. Quite the 
contrary. According           to Kofi Annan, Maurice Strong and many 
others, reform means global governance.
Since           its inception, the UN has advocated the desire to eradicate sovereign           nations -- while imposing what it calls “world-mindedness.”            A 1949 UNESCO document said, “nationalism (is) the major obstacle           to the development of world-mindedness.” In the 1990’s,           Maurice Strong said, “it is not feasible for sovereignty to be           exercised unilaterally by individual nation/states, however powerful.”
 
Therein lies the true goal of the United Nations. And that belies its public           image as simply a place where nations may come to air their differences           and act responsibly. Instead, the UN is openly working to gain power           for itself in order to become independent and supreme over its member           nations.
To           do that it needs the power to tax. On September 19th (2006) plans were           approved to begin the creation of a global tax, mostly through airline           tickets to help pay for the treatment of aids. They of course euphemistically           call it a contribution.
There           are several other tax schemes on the UN wish list, including a carbon           tax on Co2 emissions, a currency tax on transactions of foreign currency           exchanges, and taxes on the Internet, to name a few. If the UN gains           the power to tax and the enforcement power necessary to collect them,           then the UN will become an unstoppable force in the world. A monster           free from its chains. And,           of course, the UN wants its own military. It already has its own court.
These           three things - the ability to collect taxes to provide nearly unlimited           funds from independent sources; the ability to enforce its will with           a military force; and a court system to impose its own brand of justice,           are all that is required to create a government.
Imagine           a world run by the justice of China, with the economics of Cuba and           the military might of the United States. Such is the world of the future           under United Nations global governance.
Public           relations propaganda aside, clearly, the United Nations wants to be           much more than a place where nations can come together to air their           differences under a voluntary membership association.
The           truth is, today, fifty years after the inception of the United Nations,           the international community is a dangerous place. Today the world has           more wars, more poverty and more suffering that anytime in human history.
Obviously,           the United Nations is irrelevant as a body to deliver world peace. Just           as obviously, the UN is more interested in meddling in the sovereign           affairs of nations, seeking to impose its own agenda over development,           production and what it calls social equity in a drive to set itself           up for global governance.
Using           images of dire environmental emergencies or life-threatening diseases           or starving children, the UN promotes an agenda which really seeks to           redistribute the world’s wealth. Its only answer is government           control - and confiscation of individual wealth and property.
Nowhere           is there mentioned in a single UN document that I have read an advocacy           for the right to own private property. In fact, quite the opposite is           the case as nearly every UN document, report, working paper, program,           treaty, protocol, declaration and resolution is dedicated to the confiscation,           redistribution, regulation and tax of someone’s property.
It           is a fact that the inability to own private property creates poverty.           It is also a fact that confiscation of private property never helps           to eradicate poverty. It is bad economic policy. Yet that is the UN’s           only solution to the massive suffering throughout the world. Take it           from one source to give to another. And that, I contend, is the very           root of the suffering - not the solution.
The           UN was wrong from its very beginning and wrong now because it has always           sought to interfere with national sovereignty rather than to provide           a unique forum to help keep the peace.
The           United Nations is not “dysfunctional” as some “reformists”            have claimed. It is a criminal enterprise in which no moral nation should           ever participate, let alone perpetuate.
© 2017 Tom DeWeese
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