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paraclete · Jan 23, 2017, 06:06 AM

A bill was introduced early January that calls for the removal of the United States from the United Nations.
According to the Congress website, H.R. 193 — known as the American Sovereignty Restoration Act — was introduced to the House on January 3 and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
While its official title says it seeks to end membership in the U.N. there are several other key components of the bill which include: ending the 1947 agreement that the U.N. headquarters will be housed in the U.S. ending peacekeeping operations, removing diplomatic immunity, and ending participation in the World Health Organization.

Hard to believe this isn't fake news, but I wondering why has this taken so long to surface?

talaniman · Jan 23, 2017, 07:55 AM

This is but the latest attempt to get a bill through the House of Representatives to have the US get out of the UN. It's really old news Clete, not fake news.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...United_Nations

Athos · Jan 23, 2017, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by talaniman

This is but the latest attempt to get a bill through the House of Representatives to have the US get out of the UN. It's really old news Clete, not fake news.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...United_Nations

The fringe right-wing outfit The John Birch Society has been pushing this piece of nonsense for 60 years.

talaniman · Jan 23, 2017, 09:16 AM

George Washington, the first President of the United States, warned that the United States should "steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world".^[14] Many years later, this approach was labeled as isolationism, but some historians of American diplomacy have long argued that "isolationism" is a misnomer, and that American foreign policy, beginning with Washington, has traditionally been driven by unilateralism

From the Wikipedia link. The highlights are mine.

paraclete · Jan 23, 2017, 01:53 PM

So no celebrations or marches in the streets, either way there appears to be massive disinterest

tomder55 · Jan 24, 2017, 03:04 AM

We won't be leaving the UN any time soon. But I do see Trump using the $$$ we shell out to UN projects as leverage .

earl237 · Jan 24, 2017, 08:45 PM

Not going to happen, leaving the UN would be insane even by Trump standards. A few nutbars like Rand Paul are supporting the idea but the vast majority wouldn't even think of going for it.

paraclete · Jan 24, 2017, 09:19 PM

If people wouldn't think of doing it where did the bill come from?

Athos · Jan 24, 2017, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by paraclete

If people wouldn't think of doing it where did the bill come from?

Here's the answer from your own post above.

"A bill was introduced early January that calls for the removal of the United States from the United Nations.
According to the Congress website, H.R. 193 — known as the American Sovereignty Restoration Act — was introduced to the House on January 3 and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs."

paraclete · Jan 25, 2017, 06:13 AM

You don't understand the concept of a rhetorical question, do you?

You don't understand the concept of a rhetorical question, do you?

excon · Jan 25, 2017, 06:48 AM

Hello, clete:

Lemme see if I can tie all these loose ends together.. The UN has a BUILDING in Manhattan. I dunno what else I need to say..

excon

Athos · Jan 25, 2017, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by paraclete

You don't understand the concept of a rhetorical question, do you?

You don't understand the concept of a rhetorical question, do you?

Nor have you learned how to hit <enter> just once.

Anyway, better to miss a rhetorical question than to hold the stupidly absurd position that Barack Obama is an admitted Muslim.

excon · Jan 25, 2017, 07:56 AM

Duplicate post

paraclete · Jan 25, 2017, 03:16 PM

I expect you haven't heard of a slow internet connection but this site has software to catch that or it did have anyway it is pointless talking about that gay muslim now that the muslim trappings have been removed from the white house he has become irrelevant

Athos · Jan 25, 2017, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by paraclete

I expect you haven't heard of a slow internet connection but this site has software to catch that or it did have anyway it is pointless talking about that gay muslim now that the muslim trappings have been removed from the white house he has become irrelevant

GAY Muslim, is it now? You never disappoint, paraclete, do you? Sinking lower and lower, soon you'll disappear from sight and we'll have no one left to laugh at.

paraclete · Jan 25, 2017, 05:29 PM

Laugh all you like and while you may but remember what is important