The New American articles from July 2005

The New American archives from July 2005

From the editor.(Editorial)
July 11, 2005... The United Nations celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, looking worn and haggard to the casual observer. In its infancy, the UN was widely regarded as "mankind's last best hope for peace." These days, the organization appears inept,...

The UN "reform" bandwagon: UN supporters on the left and UN critics on the right are uniting in calls to "reform" and "strengthen" the UN. Try this instead: the UN is unreformable--so dump it!(REFORM)
July 11, 2005... "If and when these reforms are enacted, Mr. Speaker, the world will be safer and stronger, the American people will be assured their money is being well-spent, and the United Nations charter to prevent wars, protect human rights, and advance...

Condemnable quotes.(United Nations)
July 11, 2005... "We are working discreetly with all our might to wrest this mysterious force called sovereignty out of the clutches of the local nation states of the world." Historian Arnold Toynbee, 1931 "If UNESCO [United Nations Educational,...

Framework for world government: from the moment State Department planners in the Roosevelt administration began crafting plans for the United Nations, their goal was always the same: world government.(PURPOSE)
July 11, 2005... The United Nations has been portrayed as the world's most important humanitarian organization. The propaganda supporting this view has been continuous for so long that few doubt the depiction. When disasters such as the devastating Asian...

World government, take three: those who wish to empower a global institution with the authority to govern all people and countries have suffered repeated setbacks, but they are forging ahead.(PURPOSE)
July 11, 2005... Government is the only human enterprise that profits from its own failure. The fundamental purpose of government is to protect the rights and liberties of the governed from the abuse and violence of the lawless. When governments fail to fulfill...

Noticing the UN's dark side.(AHEAD OF THE CURVE)
July 11, 2005... ITEM: In the Wichita Eagle of December 15, 2004, syndicated columnist Cal Thomas commented on the John Birch Society: "In college days, I was aware of them. They were the fringe, and beyond the fringe, who believed... the United States should...

Tendrils of tyranny: the United Nations has long sought to control all aspects of human endeavor. Its vast bureaucracy is now closer to that goal than ever before.(HOW INVASIVE?)
July 11, 2005... Even with the rapid growth of the massive federal bureaucracy since World War II, it is difficult for Americans, accustomed as they are to the idea of a government constituted to protect liberty, to conceive or imagine the full scope of a truly...

The world government two-step: regional arrangements such as the EU and the proposed FTAA supposedly promote free trade, but their real purpose is to gradually merge nations into a world government.(PATIENT GRADUALISM)
July 11, 2005... I hope that more regional communities will be created, following the example of the European Union, so that the UN can be transformed soon into a true World Union.... I recommend that the General Assembly of the UN place on its yearly agenda an...

The "global democratic revolution": behind the false flag of a worldwide campaign of liberation, the Bush administration and its allies are strengthening the institutions of global governance--including the UN.(George W.Bush)
July 11, 2005... "There comes a time," pronounced Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in an April 28 address in Santiago, Chile, "when the spark of freedom flashes in the minds of all oppressed people, and they raise their voices against tyranny. The Community...

The oil-for-food rip off.(United States' humanitarian programme for Iraq)
July 11, 2005... ITEM: Years after the United Nations oil-for-food scheme in Iraq became a huge embarrassment, the UN is still congratulating itself over the program, saying on its website: "United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has praised the...

Who will keep us safe from the peacekeepers?(United Nations)
July 11, 2005... ITEM: The United Nations 'official website asks the question, "What is peacekeeping?" then answers in part as follows: "Peacekeeping is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace. U.N....

A political shell game: by appealing to patriotism and staging made-for-TV rallies, the UN is attempting to trick Americans into supporting its bid to become the most powerful institution on Earth.(IMAGE VS. REALITY)
July 11, 2005... "We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war...." So begins the Preamble of the UN Charter. Its drafters carefully chose the wording, of course, to mimic the Preamble of the United...

Commendable quotes.
July 11, 2005... "The coming of a world government is longed for by all the worst and distorted elements. This state... would banish all national loyalties. In it, no acknowledgement would be made of the authority of a father over his children, or of God over...

You can't reform a deadly disease.(United Nations )
July 11, 2005... A thinking person who discovers a tumor attacking a vital organ will quickly find a surgeon to cut it out. Only someone bereft of his senses will continue to feed the growth and assume that it will not hurt him. Likewise, a thinking person will...

More on the movies.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
July 25, 2005... While William Jasper's review of the motion picture The Interpreter ("Hollywood Bouquet to Embattled UN" in the May 30 issue) exposes Hollywood's pro-UN slant, I think we conservatives should rejoice somewhat that pro-Castro director Sydney...

Disinformation campaigns.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
July 25, 2005... Your issue on conspiracy theories (THE NEW AMERICAN, May 2, 2005) was both intriguing and impressive. Indeed, many conspiracy theories are so ludicrous as to boggle the mind, such as the one you were able to dismiss about the substitution of a...

The EU "monstrosity".(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
July 25, 2005... I wish to congratulate you for your article on the rejection of the Giscard d'Estaing-created EU constitution in Europe (THE NEW AMERICAN, June 27). As he is called generally in France, Giscard is a "salaud" (a dirty chap). His...

Democide in Zimbabwe.(INSIDE REPORT)(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... As defined by political scientist R.J. Rummel, "democide" is systematic slaughter of a subject population by its government. This can take the form of genocide--a targeted attack on a specific ethnic or religious group--or "politicide," the...

Empire vs. merger.(INSIDE REPORT)
July 25, 2005... Political analysts who see the U.S. mutating into an empire "assume that empire is the only model for a state seeking to project power and influence--ignoring the alternatives from the business world," writes UCLA professor Richard Rosecrance...

"Downing Street" revelations.(INSIDE REPORT)
July 25, 2005... The "Downing Street Memo," official minutes of a briefing given on July 23, 2002 by Richard Dearlove, then-director of Britain's MI-6 (the equivalent of the CIA), has been largely ignored by the mainstream U.S. press, and dismissed as both...

Not theirs to give.(INSIDE REPORT)(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... "Our people will never forget those who stand beside Iraq, particularly in these terrible times," stated Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari during a June 24 joint press conference with President Bush at the White House. "You have given us...

Draft dialectic underway.(INSIDE REPORT)
July 25, 2005... A nationwide opinion poll conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Associated Press revealed that a solid majority of Americans oppose a return to military conscription. A majority of adults also would not encourage their own children to enlist in...

"Amnesty rush"? Well, duh.(INSIDE REPORT)(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... George W. Bush's January 2004 proposal to extend amnesty to illegal immigrants, charges the activist group Judicial Watch, "prompted a surge of illegal border-crossings that the administration then sought to cover up," summarized a June 28...

The economic costs of permanent war.(INSIDE REPORT)
July 25, 2005... "Since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israel has had a destructive wartime economy that weakens its society, suffocates its economy and threatens its existence as an independent state," wrote left-leaning Israeli entrepreneur Ofer Kornfeld in the...

Italy pursues CIA "snatch squad".(INSIDE REPORT)(Central Intelligence Agency)
July 25, 2005... The Italian government, once regarded as a key Bush administration ally in the "war on terror," is seeking to prosecute 13 suspected CIA operatives involved in the February 17, 2003 abduction of radical Muslim cleric Hussain Mustafa Omar Nasr...

No end in sight in Iraq.(SNAPSHOTS)(Brief Article)(Interview)
July 25, 2005... "Insurgencies tend to go on for five, six, eight, ten, twelve years." Interviewed on Fox News Sunday on June 26, Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld expects American forces to be fighting insurgents and training Iraqi security forces well...

He sees trouble ahead for Kofi Annan and UN reform.(SNAPSHOTS)
July 25, 2005... "I would be surprised if he survives until September. I think it is going to be very, very difficult for Kofi Annan to be able to push through UN reform proposals." Heritage Foundation fellow Nile Gardiner is hardly alone in predicting...

Disarray characterizes discussion by European leaders after stinging defeat.(SNAPSHOTS)
July 25, 2005... "I don't see a solution in the short term. Things were said that I never heard in 11 years as ambassador in Brussels." Current Dutch foreign minister Bernard Bot didn't like what he saw and heard from Europe's leaders who gathered in...

Joyous Utah mother credits prayer for return of lost son.(SNAPSHOTS)(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... "People say that the heavens are closed and God no longer answers prayers. We are here to unequivocally tell you that the heavens are not closed, prayers are answered, and children come home." When her 11-year-old son was found alive and well...

At least someone understands the constitution.(SNAPSHOTS)(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... "The Constitution of the United States established a government 'to provide for the common defense,' not to bring freedom to the world." Editor Thomas Fleming explained an important limitation on U.S. foreign policy in Chronicles magazine....

Ralph Nader calls for impeaching President Bush.(SNAPSHOTS)(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... "Comparing Clinton's misbehavior to a destructive and costly war occupation launched in March 2003 under false pretenses [is wrong].... It is time for Congress to investigate the illegal Iraq war as we move toward the third year of the endless...

Membership in the WTO attacks sovereignty.(SNAPSHOTS)
July 25, 2005... "The WTO can actually require that a country change its laws, regulations and precedents--not simply national laws, but often state and local laws. Its rulings on disputes between nations are binding." Quotation in Newsweek International,...

Kerry's grades at Yale no better than those of president.(SNAPSHOTS)(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... "I always told my dad that D stood for distinction." Responding to reporters'questions, Senator John Kerry (DMass.) reluctantly admitted that his record at Yale paralleled that of President Bush.

Time for honesty by the left & right.(THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE)
July 25, 2005... If the debate over "homosexual marriage" weren't so depressing and horrifying, it would be laughable. Even the wildest dreams of a raving McGovern Democrat, at the height of the sexual revolution, never conjured the spectacle of two men...

Behind the presidency: admire him or despise him, George W. Bush is essentially a figurehead for the tightly knit establishment oligarchy that actually runs the executive branch of our government.(EXECUTIVE BRANCH)(Cover Story)
July 25, 2005... When a tiny, single-engine Cessna 150 aircraft wafted into restricted Washington, D.C., airspace on May 11, the federal government went to a terrorism threat advisory level of red alert, and the nation's capitol was evacuated. As it happened,...

Neo-con star rising: Condoleezza Rice: as a darling of the neo-conservative syndicate that is running the presidency, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is poised for bigger things.(PROFILE)
July 25, 2005... "She will be big. Rock star big. A major cultural figure, adorning the bedroom walls of innumerable kids and the covers of innumerable magazines." Thus enthused Jay Nordlinger of the neo-conservative magazine National Review in a 1999 profile...

CAFTA battle rages in congress: the Central American Free Trade Agreement would not only destroy more U.S. jobs and businesses, but undermine our sovereignty.
July 25, 2005... Caving in to White House threats and bribes, the Senate approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) on June 30, by a vote of 54 to 45. Deaf to the appeals of farmers, manufacturers, and workers who have been devastated by...

Congressmen blast the WTO: though the House rejected a measure that would have withdrawn the U.S. from the WTO, a vocal minority of representatives explained their opposition eloquently.(WTO)
July 25, 2005... On June 9, the House of Representatives rejected House Joint Resolution 27, which would have withdrawn U.S. approval of the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO), by a vote of 86-338. The principal sponsors of H. J. Res....

The real problem with Kelo: by intervening without jurisdiction in a state-level eminent domain case, the U.S. Supreme Court has imperiled property rights nationwide.(Susette Kelo, government property acquisition)
July 25, 2005... Imagine sitting on the porch of the farmhouse you inherited from Morn and Dad. You have 20 acres on the fringe of a small city, but within corporate limits. Though the city's commercial growth has insidiously crept closer to your land, you have...

A sporting chance.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
July 25, 2005... Eighteen-year-old Ryan Belflower's participation in Clovis (California) East High's Senior Night basketball game on February 16--the last home game of the season--was a triumph of persistence in the face of severe challenges. Ryan started...

Nine-year-old helps save mother.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
July 25, 2005... In July 2004, nine-year-old Katlyn Nelson of Baltimore gingerly crept downstairs after being awakened in the middle of the night by a violent commotion. She found her mother lying on the living room floor, soaked in blood. Despite her mother's...

Defenders of sovereignty: sixty years ago this month, two insightful senators opposed the plan for world government and defended American sovereignty by voting against the UN Charter.(Henrik Shipstead, William Langer )
July 25, 2005... July 28, 1945 was a busy day in history. In Potsdam, Germany, newly elected British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, replacing Winston Churchill, met with President Harry Truman and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to decide the fate of a vanquished...

Right at home.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... After giving a Sunday sermon, a Wichita, Kansas, pastor had to evict an unwanted trespasser from inside his house. The Wichita Eagle reported that upon returning to his house on the morning of June 5, Pastor Steven Moler learned from his...

Three-time loser.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Ervin Donaldson)(Ervin Donaldson )(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... When Ervin Donaldson tried to force his way into a house in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, May 17, the residents stopped him with bullets. At 10:30 in the evening, Donaldson went to the back door of the unidentified victims' house and asked to...

Missionary mayhem.(an incident of gun violence)
July 25, 2005... A subscriber to THE NEW AMERICAN who works as a missionary in the Dominican Republic had to use a gun to protect his life while he was in that country. The missionary said that in early March, he was dozing off after putting his kids to...

Intoxicated, troubled, and inside the house.(Brief Article)
July 25, 2005... An apparently intoxicated young man broke into his elderly neighbor's house, causing his neighbor to shoot him. Initially, 19-year-old John Lusk got into a dispute with his 76-year-old neighbor Norman Bright when Bright accused Lusk of...

Correction, Please!.(Correction Notice)
July 25, 2005... Another banker bailout ITEM: A report from AllAfrica.com carried by the Pacific News Service on June 14 praised the "long-sought debt relief for Africa," saying: "The agreement on 100 percent debt relief for developing countries announced...

Echoes of Lenin.(democratic revolution)
July 25, 2005... "I led a blind life, in ignorance and darkness," narrates a young woman over documentary footage depicting her, swaddled in a suffocating burqa, shuffling through the dusty streets of a Central Asian village. The camera captures scenes of...