Letter: Sovereignty still matters

Friday, Oct. 5, 2001 | 4:31 a.m.

On July 16 Brit Hume of Fox News reported: "The leaders of Russia and China have signed a so-called friendship treaty aimed at increasing their global influence ... And the two leaders issued statements saying they hoped for a new international order that would be led by the United Nations, rather than the United States."

Nevertheless, one of President Bush's first acts in the wake of the terrorist attacks on our nation was to call Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin, seeking his support. Mr. Bush then turned to Russia's Vladimir Putin, who quickly promised his help. But the New York Times then reported that Putin, the former head of the Soviet KGB -- the creator of most of the world's terrorist networks -- and Jiang, the leader of the bloodiest regime in history, would support military action to combat terrorists "only if the action was consistent with the United Nations Charter."

It seems perfectly obvious that the promoters of world government will use the Sept. 11 horrors to carry out their designs. The U.S. should not only fight terrorism without compromising sovereignty, we should quit the United Nations.

FRANK PELTESON