DesertFox
06-20-2008, 08:44 AM
Alicia Colon
The United Nations has become a Useless Notion occupying valuable real estate on the East River. Why do we put up with this consortium of petty dictators and corrupt oligarchies? The recent election of the new president of the General Assembly confirms my suspicion that to achieve success in the United Nations, one must hate the United States.
The fact that Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua is a Catholic priest shouldn't dismiss his clearly anti-American statements of the past. An avowed advocate of the Marxist liberation theology, he had been reprimanded by Pope John Paul II for his involvement with the left-wing Nicaraguan Sandinistas. He served as foreign minister under the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega. Mr. d'Escoto has called President Reagan a "butcher of my people" and claims he started the Contra War. He also calls President Bush a liar, which should endear him to the likes of Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher, and the Hollywood elite.
At a press conference following his unopposed election as General Assembly president, Mr. d'Escoto tried to soften his previous rhetoric, but we shouldn't forget who this man is. As a member of Los Doce, or "the 12," Mr. d'Escoto helped mask the communist orientation of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and played a key role in the Marxists' rise to power. Now, he says let's let bygones be bygones. ...
Further proof that the United Nations is run by Marxist thugs and dictators was its recent rejection of a nongovernmental organization led by Armando Valladares, the Cuban who was kept in prison by Castro for 22 years.
More (http://www.nysun.com/new-york/move-the-useless-notion-to-canada/80399/)
The United Nations has become a Useless Notion occupying valuable real estate on the East River. Why do we put up with this consortium of petty dictators and corrupt oligarchies? The recent election of the new president of the General Assembly confirms my suspicion that to achieve success in the United Nations, one must hate the United States.
The fact that Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua is a Catholic priest shouldn't dismiss his clearly anti-American statements of the past. An avowed advocate of the Marxist liberation theology, he had been reprimanded by Pope John Paul II for his involvement with the left-wing Nicaraguan Sandinistas. He served as foreign minister under the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega. Mr. d'Escoto has called President Reagan a "butcher of my people" and claims he started the Contra War. He also calls President Bush a liar, which should endear him to the likes of Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher, and the Hollywood elite.
At a press conference following his unopposed election as General Assembly president, Mr. d'Escoto tried to soften his previous rhetoric, but we shouldn't forget who this man is. As a member of Los Doce, or "the 12," Mr. d'Escoto helped mask the communist orientation of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and played a key role in the Marxists' rise to power. Now, he says let's let bygones be bygones. ...
Further proof that the United Nations is run by Marxist thugs and dictators was its recent rejection of a nongovernmental organization led by Armando Valladares, the Cuban who was kept in prison by Castro for 22 years.
More (http://www.nysun.com/new-york/move-the-useless-notion-to-canada/80399/)