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The Rising Sun of International Government December 7, 1999 What Japan could not do by bombing Pearl Harbor, today�s political and commercial elite are quietly accomplishing without a shot being fired. So successful is their attempt to globalize the economies and militaries of the world that many no longer bother to hide it. In a speech on October 19 to the World Federalist Association, former CBS broadcaster Walter Cronkite is quoted by the Washington Times as saying, "It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace. "To do that, of course, we Americans will have to give up some of our sovereignty. "We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait. Democracy, civilization itself, is at stake. Within the next few years we must change the basic structure of our global community from the present anarchic system � to a new system governed by a democratic UN federation�. Today, we must develop federal structures on a global level. We need a system of enforceable world law � a democratic federal world government � to deal with world problems." Cronkite is not alone in his thinking. Deputy Secretary of State, Strobe Talbott is quoted by Time magazine in an essay titled "The Birth of the Global Nation" as saying that he is looking forward to government run by "one global authority." Talbott went on to say, "� Nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority." Plans for such international government are well under way. The Los Angeles Times just yesterday ran a story outlining the fact that the newly created European Union is currently developing a "rapid-reaction corps" comprised of some 50,000 � 60,000 thousand troops under direct EU control. The Times states, "The multinational force, roughly the size of three army divisions, would be on standby for deployment�. It is not expected to function before 2003, but is already being hailed by some Europeans as the vanguard of an entirely unified military�." On December 4, the Washington Times ran a report stating, "The United States has resigned itself to the eventual creation � of a UN International Criminal Court to be modeled after war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Even if the United States does not ratify the treaty, American citizens will be subject to arrest and trial as the treaty document is now drafted." Add to this the fact that Secretary of Defense, William Cohen announced that on October 7 a new US Joint Forces Command became operational. This new command, which replaces the old US Atlantic Command, eviscerates the Posse Comitatus Act, which denied the use of federal forces against American civilians, and permanently establishes a new command unit charged with the responsibility of sending federal (and international?) forces against the American citizenry. Secretary Cohen said, "The American people should not be concerned about it. They should welcome it." If that isn�t enough, Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the UN told the UN General Assembly just a few weeks ago that national borders will no longer be a deterrent to UN intervention. After watching NATO�s aggression against the former Yugoslavia, it would seem Annan is not uttering idle threats. Through the IMF, the World Bank, the under-construction World Financial Organization, so-called "free trade" agreements and organizations like NAFTA, GATT and the WTO, the much-touted "global economy" is fast becoming global government. The US Senate is even considering legislation to authorize a study considering the potential benefits of hiring police officers of other nations by federal law enforcement agencies, according to World Net Daily. It seems clear to me that the presidential election next year will be more about American sovereignty and independence versus globalism and internationalism than any other single issue. Sadly, I find little significant difference on this issue between the establishment front runners of both parties. Both Bush and Gore support NAFTA, GATT, the WTO, MFN for Red China, the entrance of China into the WTO, virtually all international trade deals, the IMF, the World Bank, ad infinitum. Neither candidate appears likely to stand against the UN and its desire to create a socialist New World Order. Our choice seems to be between a New World Order Republican and a New World Order Democrat. I choose neither. I resent the two major parties� constant compromise of American sovereignty and independence. I refuse to vote for the "lesser of two evils" if I�m convinced the lesser evil is still going to lead my country further down the road to internationalism. NOTE: My editorials are published Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays on Gulf1.com and are sent via email to anyone who requests them. If you have friends whom you would like to receive these editorials please forward their addresses to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newspapers, periodicals, journals and newsletters also carry my editorials. Editors or Publishers interested in running these editorials may contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] To learn more about my radio talk show please visit my web site at http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com. 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