U.N. anti-poverty procurement ageny huge mess

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

U.N. anti-poverty procurement ageny huge mess

lundbaek · Profuse Pontificator

Does anybody else remember the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan attempting to prevent a US congressional investigation into the multi-million dollar oil-for-food scandal, which involved the Secretary Generals son. Even Annan himself was eventually linked to the scandal.

The UNs Human Rights Commission is composed of representatives of tyrannical dictatorships well known for terror, torture and genocide - China, Cuba, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Russia, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. It criticizes the USA while ignoring slavery and slaughter in Sudan and violations of human rights as Americans understand human rights in all of those countries.

Canadians are probably more aware than Americans that in 1994, Kofi Annan, then head of the UN's peacekeeping division, thwarted efforts of the UN military commander, Canadian General Romero Dallaire to intervene to prevent the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis, and then blocked investigation of the incident.

Colin Powell told reporters at UN headquarters on 14 February 2001: "With respect to U.S. policy, when it comes to our role as a member of the Security Council, we obviously are bound by UN resolutions." Bound by resolutions made by a bunch of thugs who detest America and its constitutional republic form of government (whats left of it)? Give me a flippin break!

The UN clearly seeks to abolish our Bill of Rights and replace it with privileges and requirements that would reduce Americans to being tools and vassals of an elite and privileged few. An elite who alone would take from the US Congress the power, right and responsibility to declare wars, and dictate on which side of any war our military would fight, dictate what weapons we will use, and control and command our men who do the fighting. We certainly had a good taste of this in both Korea and Vietnam. Only very few noticed. Few people caught on even after that Blackhawk went down in Somalia.

But this is precisely what we should expect from an organization with a charter authored by the likes of the proven American traitor Alger Hiss and one of Stalins top men, V.M. Molotov. I strongly suggest that it is past time that we invite the U.N. to park itself in a location with a philosophy more in keeping with the majority of voting members like Moscow or Peking.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Yeah, the U.N. is a big train wreck. Maybe we shouldn't kick 'em out, though. Maybe we should keep them close where we can watch them.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Let us pray.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

That couldn't hurt.

lundbaek · Profuse Pontificator

I and fortunately many others consider the United Nations a lot worse that a train wreck. J. Ruben Clark, David O. McKay, Stephen L. Richards, Ezra Taft Benson, and Marion G. Romney were as General Authorities outspoken about their oppositoin to the UN and America's participation in it. I recently read their comments as compiled in the book "Prophets, Principles And National Survival" by Jerreld L. Newquist. Now out of print, this was one of four books recommended in the April 1972 Geeral Conference.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

I have a two copies of Prophets, Principles and National Survival. What were the other three books recommended? Lemme guess...

None Dare Call It Conspiracy
Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen
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lundbaek · Profuse Pontificator

And: "The Elders of Israel and the Constitution" by Jerome Horowitz

The recommendation to read these 4 books can still be heard on the recording of the April 1972 Conference. However, the statement recommending "None Dare Call It Conspiracy" does not appear in the printed Conference Report, not is the July 1972 Ensign.

Also of interest, I heard the current copyright holder of "Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen" state that he was asked by a church authority he declined to identify to discontinue publishing the book. 2 friends of mine have also talked with him about the book's discontinuance and were told the same thing. However, the text is accessable on line, as are the other 3 books.

Pt314 · Senior Member

I got a copy of "The Elders of Israel and the Constitution" by Jerome Horowitz from a D.I. about a year or so ago.

At some point I let a friend of mine borrow it. Perhaps I should ask for it back.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

I got my copy of The Elders of Israel at the DI, too!

Yeah, I've found that if the book isn't back of it's own accord within a month, I'm usually screwed.

lundbaek · Profuse Pontificator

I can remember back around 1950 two of my Jr. high teachers expressing their concern about the United Nations and the involvement of Alger Hiss in its founding. As the Korean War seemed to be going badly I noted interference in American actions by the U.N. There were allegations that the U.N., very much controlled by the USSR, was leaking American battle plans to the enemy.

As a quick item of interest, as part of a discussion between myself and Flamm Harper, a Korean War F-86 pilot about UN hinderance of the US forces, he wrote me: " Back to Korea - At the mouth of the Yalu River there were three big airfields on the North side of the River in China. One had over 300 MiG aircraft on the field. These fields were never bombed during the course of the war. Neither were the supply dumps north of the river attacked. It was a court martial offence to go north of the river except in hot pursuit of a MiG previously engaged south of the river. As I previously stated State Department personnel were assigned to Radar site for the sole purpose of identifying American pilots violating the rule by hunting in China. By the nature of the business, fighter pilots are aggressive, competitive confident individuals or they would not be in the business. We eventually found holes in the radar pattern where we could turn off the IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) system and move north without detection. After an engagement, we would return via the same route and then reactivate the IFF system when south of the river. Today, I would estimate that 90% of all the MiGs destroyed went down north of the river."

Also, Glenn Fisher, whom I recently home taught, also a Korean War F-86 pilot, verified that story, and told me how his wing would "borrow" ROK F-86s for this purpose to frustrate efforts to identify the Americans sneaking across to engage the enemy.

Harper was almost courtmartialed for ordering up an air attack on a build-up of enemy troops and equipment without permission while his CO was in Japan at a meeting. Appreciation expressed by American ground troops and their commanders probably saved him from a court martial