On successive days recently, two of the world’s most controversial, outspoken, and important leaders came to the current session of the United Nations General Assembly and delivered to its member nations representatives in person, and the whole world via broadcast and video, a blunt and eloquent appraisal of how much the global organization had abandoned its original purposes and lost its original respect and credibility.
Economist Javier Milei was unexpectedly elected president of Argentina last year, and with eloquence and bravado has been transforming that country’s chronically inflationary economy and its unstable government with already some success using libertarian and conservative principles and policies. Milei has traveled around the free world to oppose leftist ideology, government bureaucracy, and threats to human rights. In a daring appearance at the annual gathering of the world’s elites at Davos, Switzerland, he chastised the attendees for their arrogance.
Now he has done it again with his speech to the General Assembly, boldly scolding the majority of member states for abandoning the original Charter of the United Nations. Citing the current majority who take the sides of totalitarian regimes in disputes, allow human rights oppressors to sit on and prevail on the United Nations Human Rights Commission, adopt failed socialist ideas and policies, and oppose the only democratic nation in the Middle East, Israel, Milei told the General Assembly that the United Nations had lost its way and no longer had any credibility.
Pointedly quoting Woodrow Wilson, who had advocated the world’s first global organization, the League of Nations, Milei suggested that the United Nations was failing in even greater fashion than the League — which had failed to support small democracies threatened by Nazi and Soviet dictators between World Wars I and II. Milei accused the United Nations of not only failing to defend the oppressed, but also often joining in on the oppressing, employing socialist and woke concepts.
The next day, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu was in New York to speak also to the General Assembly and defend his nation’s current effort to respond to a murderous surprise attack on it by Hamas terrorists last October, and ongoing attacks by other proxies of Iran, with the purpose of totally destroying the State of Israel. Echoing Milei’s remarks, but with greater detail, Netanyahu criticized the United Nations majority for taking the side of the attackers, none of which are democratic states, and who also oppress women, gender minorities, and religions other than their own.
Defying United Nations resolutions demanding Israel agree to an immediate ceasefire and rejecting international organizations accusing him of being a war criminal, Netanyahu made a solid case for his nation’s military response to the assault on its very existence.
As he spoke, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were climaxing an extraordinary week-long campaign against the terrorist army Hezbollah which for eleven months had been bombarding Israeli communities on its border with Lebanon. Using historic innovation in weaponry and remarkable intelligence capabilities, the IDF had disrupted Hezbollah’s communications and chain of command while eliminating most of its top commanders, including its commander-in-chief Hassan Nasrallah, a notorious war criminal long pursued for his role in the deaths of hundreds of U.S. Marines in Lebanon in the 1980s.
Many of the United Nations delegates left before Netanyahu spoke, but he made his point, as had Milei, to those who remained, and to millions around the world listening to and watching its broadcast
In a world of socialistic, woke, and empty rhetoric, direct and candid speaking is uncommon in public and civic discussions. The world has a surplus of demagogic dictators and glib politicians. There is, however, a shortage of statesmen. At the United Nations in recent days, it was a relief that two rare statesmen told the world with bold eloquence just how things really are.
Herald Boas is a writer for AMAC Newsline.
That the United Nations, as currently constituted, as no real value to either world peace or the betterment of mankind is certainly nothing new. Like it’s failed predecessor, the League of Nations, it is a shining example of the so-called progressive vision of how the world should be run by a group of insular elitists with little to no real understanding or knowledge of how anything works. That the United Nations functions primarily as a clearing house for global organized money laundering and arms smuggling, with a very thin layer of so-called international diplomacy, should NOT be a surprise to anyone at this late stage of its existence. It is yet another failed experiment that the United States should cease to continue pouring money into for no reason. Sadly, politicians are loath to defund anything once it becomes a line item in the annual budget process.
PaulE on target. The United Nations has been supporting Terrorism for Years. The United States should cease to fund the Organization and remove from US soil.
The UN was always slow to act and toothless in action. If the United Nation were truly united, they would actually concentrate their efforts against those nations who violate civility and morality, but instead display symbolic sabre rattling and pseudo outrage. Some nations, like attendees at an expensive dinner party are simply waiting for someone else to pay the check. The United States should have left this club a long time ago.
The US needs to divorce the UN. The UN needs to be removed from US soil.
Not only is UN useless drain on the taxpayer, it is dangerous in it’s rigidity and support of tyrants. There is not one instance it did any good ever. It is a gathering of demagogues and dictators Majority of membership is from abusive and cleptomaniac regimes .Abuse of power and taxpayer’s money .World certainly is not a better place because of their existence ,only generosity of the USA makes any difference but world is too stupid to see it.
The United Nations, from its inception had at its core the intent of one world government, a vision of a centralized mega big government on steroids that would regulate everyone’s life on this planet in detail. As America’s own experience has shown government is best the smaller it is, and the closer to home, and with the least amount of authority to be intrusive into our lives. Globalism has proven to be an erroneous, and malicious concept, destructive to whole regions with world wars, pandemics, and easily triggered crashes of a global economy. Globalism is destructive to peace, prosperity, health, freedom, families, and faith. It is time to lay the U.N. and globalism to rest, and once again embrace the nation state that lifted the world out of the serfdom of the middle ages, as the largest instance of government. Even in the bible is it mentioned that Jesus will inherit the nations.
Too bad there aren’t more leaders like this!
Kudos for everyone’s excellent responses, especially “veteran”. One world govt has always been its goal. The U.N. was started by communists and for communists. AMAC hit a triple with this article. Let’s all make it a home run by contacting our reps and senators demanding they co-sponsor H.R.6645 (reps.) and S. 3428 (Sens.) to get US out of the UN and the UN out of the US. Celebrate Oct. 24 “Day of Shame”. The founding month of the U.N.
Why do Nation’s have these things. ??? Like Paule says ,they dont last. Always several get together and shout peace. A year later 2 of them are at war. These things are always failures. Kyle L.
We should get out of the United Nations too. They do nothing for us but do take our $$$$$.
The UN…I’ve heard of them! That was the organization that brought narathons to Somalia by sponsoring the “Mogadishu Mile”. They should move to China… it’d make NYC traffic more bearable!
Decline began when Korean War ended
For America to get out of the United Nations..
We need another representative for District 11. I believe insight such as this gives “Bob” a headache. Understandably speaking about United Nations one is speaking to K-Street Commies and their orchestrators “Mark Raskin” et al. This is called CAPCOMM!
Research International Communist Jewish Spectrum, Soviet Negro Republic, Fabian Communist Rockefeller Republicans, Latino Communists, Asian Communists, Queer Communists, all working together to destroy Western Civilization.
The UN would not last long without US financial backing. And since the UN is disparaging of Israel for defending itself and its agencies (WHO & WEF especially) are becoming more dictatorial, a number of us wish to alleviate their presence in the US. However, this cannot be done due to a 1947 treaty regarding UN Hq on US soil.
So the only solution is for the US to end financial support. That will never happen under any Democrat or RINO administration or majority in Congress. Vote!! And vote for Trump/Vance and Republicans running against Democrats. Then perhaps we may get to defund the UN..
Throw out the UN from USA!!!
We wait as Obiden and his ilk use the UN to pass gun control on US citizens. What value is this to the world? The armed American citizens are the only force keeping the scourge of communism from enveloping the world.
Great assessment of the two leaders and their message.
The Useless Nations never worked. Its only goal was to let other nations mooch off of the US. This horrific organization went the way of the League of Nations decades ago.
Shhhh…musn’t speak ill of any representative of “Gods Chosen Baby Killers”. And to speak ill of the psychopath named Netanyahu?? Blasphemy!!