Letter: U.N. is trying to take over

Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000 | 9:13 a.m.

Recent blatant statements by U.N. officials and open proposals within U.N. documents are so alarming that, if most Americans were aware of the U.N.'s efforts, they would demand immediate U.S. withdrawal from the global organization. Consider the following list of recent proposals by the United Nations:

These and other recent U.N. pronouncements have openly advocated the accumulation of all of the powers in the United Nations that modern governments exercise: Trial and punishment of criminals; raising armies and waging war at will; imposing taxes; redistributing wealth; imposing onerous environmental regulations; and confiscating firearms.

Many of those powers are certainly not legitimate functions of government. But legitimate or not, the fact remains that these powers can only be exercised by governments.

FRANK PELTESON

archive