-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Why Helms is wrong about U.N. by Joseph Farah http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ I just caught up with the full text of Sen. Jesse Helms' address to the United Nations last month. I had read news accounts that made it sound as if Helms, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had launched a direct, frontal attack on the legitimacy of the U.N. I took comfort in that. Sadly, after reading the full text, I find Helms sold us short. He tiptoed into the U.N. like an invited guest. Many of the points he made were good, but his central assumptions about the nature of the U.N. were wrong. To start with, Helms recognized the legitimacy of the United Nations. That was a huge mistake. Once you acknowledge that there is a proper role for a global agency whose stated goal is world government, the battle is lost. No U.N. "reforms" can save this hopeless dinosaur. It must be abandoned by the United States. That's not the message Helms sent at all. "I am told that this is the first time that a United States senator has addressed the U.N. Security Council," he said. "I sincerely hope it will not be the last. It is important that this body have greater contact with the elected representatives of the American people, and that we have greater contact with you." On the contrary, I sincerely wish it could be the last time an elected representative or any other official of the U.S. addresses the body. It is illegitimate from start to finish. Helms went on to say he hoped his visit would represent the beginning of improved U.S.-U.N. relations. That's not the message I would have hoped to hear from "Senator No." "Last year, the American people contributed a total of more than $1.4 billion to the U.N. system in assessments and voluntary contributions," he said. "That's pretty generous, but it's only the tip of the iceberg. The American taxpayers also spent an additional $8,779,000,000 from the United States' military budget to support various U.N. resolutions and peacekeeping operations around the world." I don't think that's "generous," as Helms says. I think it is irresponsible, foolish, theft and counterproductive if the goal is peace and freedom in the world. Helms continues: "Now, I grant you, the money we spend on the U.N. is not charity. To the contrary, it is an investment -- an investment from which the American people rightly expect a return. They expect a reformed U.N. that works more efficiently, and which respects the sovereignty of the United States." An investment? It is only an investment in attacks on U.S. sovereignty. What has happened to Helms? The U.N. was founded as an organization to promote global government and it has only become more focused on that goal in recent years. It can never respect the U.S. as anything other than the source of its revenues. Helms seems to believe this determined engine of global governance can somehow be reformed. I don't get it. He seems determined to salvage a permanent relationship with the U.N. rather than let "the U.S.-U.N. relationship spiral out of control." I say let it spiral out of control. "I suggest that if the U.N. were to reject this compromise, it would mark the beginning of the end of U.S. support for the United Nations, " he said. "I don't want that to happen. I want the American people to value a United Nations that recognizes and respects their interests, and for the United Nations to value the significant contributions of the American people. Let's be crystal clear and totally honest with each other: all of us want a more effective United Nations." Huh? Not me, Jesse. The only blessing of the United Nations thus far is its ineffectiveness. Had the agency been effective and efficient, we'd all be living under global tyranny right now. "As matters stand, many Americans sense that the U.N. has greater ambitions than simply being an efficient deliverer of humanitarian aid, a more effective peacekeeper, a better weapons inspector, and a more effective tool of great power diplomacy," he said. "They see the U.N. aspiring to establish itself as the central authority of a new international order of global laws and global governance. This is an international order the American people will not countenance." Well, Jesse, we don't have to use any "senses" other than our own eyes to understand the U.N. agenda. It is clearly stated in its charter. It is evident in subsequent organizing documents. The objective of the U.N. is global government -- always has been, always will be. And this is where he really lost me. "I am here to plead that from now on we all must work together, to learn from past mistakes, and to make the Security Council a more efficient and effective tool for international peace and security," he said. Plead? The idea of the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pleading with the U.N. to work together is a visage reminiscent of Rodney King asking, "Why can't we all just get along." Jesse Helms, you are supposed to have more dignity than this! You are supposed to be the champion of U.S. sovereignty. Don't plead for it. Fight for it! Don't compromise with the U.N., lead us in the effort to pull out -- once and for all. A daily radio broadcast adaptation of Joseph Farah's commentaries can be heard at KTKZ in Sacramento and the Internet portal OnePlace.com -end article- ---------------------- The constitution is not an instrument for government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. -Patrick Henry ------------------ 02-22-2000-William Cooper endorses Alan Keyes http://www.keyes2000.org ------------------ Math 101: Bush=Gore=McCain=Bradley=Clinton =Global socialists who don't give a damn about the Constitution, or American Sovereignty, or your individual unalienable rights. Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard inside the beltway of Washington, DC! Go look in to your children or grandchildren's eyes then decide: Which Traitor are you going to vote for? 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