Submitting to UN authority. (The Last Word).(Brief Article)

On May 6, 2002, the Bush administration "unsigned" the treaty establishing an International Criminal Court. Later on May 6th, the Justice Department informed the Supreme Court that the right to keep and bear arms belonged to "individuals" and its formal brief specifically mentioned "persons who are not members of any militia."

While seemingly good, these events must be scrutinized far more carefully because they do not exist in a vacuum. We live in a distinctly UN-saturated world.

Important Background

President Truman obtained UN authorization to send troops into Korea in 1950. Three presidents sent troops to Vietnam citing authority derived from SEATO, a UN subsidiary. George Bush (the elder) blatantly told Congress he didn't need its authority to attack Iraq in 1991 because he obtained authorization from the UN. And the current President Bush sought and obtained UN authorization to wage a war on terrorism.

The U.S. Constitution states that Congress alone can declare war. But beyond the repeated trashing of this venerable document in each of these wars, THE NEW AMERICAN has previously pointed to an absolutely pivotal assessment of what has occurred: One seeks authority from a superior, not from an inferior A succession of presidents -- with increasing congressional acquiescence -- has effectively acknowledged that the UN is our nation's superior. Although few will admit it, most Americans have accepted this arrangement, and, even more outrageously, so has the overwhelming majority in Congress.

If the UN is our nation's superior in matters military, is this relationship total? Are those slowly and patiently conditioning Americans to allow UN domination of our military working for eventual acceptance of complete UN domination? And where do the two moves taken on May 6th fit -- if they fit at all -- in the steady delivery of our nation to the UN?

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