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Bill Wants U.S. to Withdraw from UN

By Kacey Drescher

Story Created: Feb 7, 2011 at 5:41 PM MST

Story Updated: Feb 7, 2011 at 9:25 PM MST

A bill that calls on Montana to ask Congress to withdraw the United States from being a part of the United Nations is heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning.

Republican Senator Dave Lewis says the United States wastes billions of dollars to be a part of the United Nations and the bill's language calls for this dissolution so that the united states "may maintain control over its own military forces, finances, and destiny."

But Democrat Representative Franke Wilmer says our nation's annual contribution is a tenth of one percent of the federal budget and feels that there is a lack of understanding surrounding the United Nations and our country's involvement with the organization.

Those who support the bill feel that the UN threatens America’s sovereignty and promotes gun control.

“Global problems including terrorism, weapons proliferation, humanitarian disasters, infectious diseases, not to mention genocide; these are trans-national problems, no single country is the location, no single country can be the solution,” says Democrat Representative Franke Wilmer (House District 64.)

“It seems to me that these are all global problems, trans-national problems, problems that require collaboration and I don’t see what we gain by hunkering down on the prairie and pretending these problems don’t exist,” asks Senator Anders Blewett (D- Senate District 11.)

“Why doesn’t someone bring up, why doesn’t someone say well why don’t we quit, let’s get out. Lets quite spending billions of dollars every year and that’s what I’m asking in this resolution,” says the bill’s sponsor, Senator Lewis.

Currently, 190 nations are a part of the UN and to the bill sponsor's knowledge; no one has ever withdrawn their membership.

The bill would simply begin the process, as Senator Lewis and several supporters pointed out, it lacks teeth as Montana can not force the U.S. to withdraw.

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anonymous said on Thursday, Feb 16 at 12:26 PM

un is try to dumb down the american people. they want nothing eles to number 1 make it a crime to promote Christanity, 2 love you your neighbor as yourself. did not think they (anyone) would ever have a problem with this thinking.

shovelslayer said on Friday, Feb 11 at 7:21 AM

This is a great start. We, the American people, now need to take action to help this grow legs. Please write your state reps and demand they support this bill!

every,american's,take,action's said on Wednesday, Feb 9 at 9:07 PM

every states government's in america,come on and joing,support the state of montana.don't beeee sooo blinded.

Skip said on Tuesday, Feb 8 at 7:40 PM

End the Fed is the next step to Freedom!

Anonymous said on Tuesday, Feb 8 at 7:17 PM

"We must move as quickly as possible to a One World Government; a One World Religion; under a One World Leader.Robert Muller, Assistant Secretary General to the U.N. p.81 of The World's Last Dictator by Dwight L. Kinman (1995)

Anonymous said on Tuesday, Feb 8 at 7:16 PM

UN is being given control of our military U.S. forces have been sent to the Persian Gulf and Somalia to carry out UN resolutions. And they were sent to the Balkans under the authority of NATO, a regional subsidiary of the UN. In the Balkans and Somalia, they have been placed under foreign commanders who view the secretaries-general of the UN and NATO - not the U.S. President - as their commander in chief

Anonymous said on Tuesday, Feb 8 at 7:13 PM

'The United Nations is the greatest fraud in history. It's purpose is to destroy the United States.'- John E. Rankin, U.S. Congressman

Anonymous said on Tuesday, Feb 8 at 7:13 PM

'The UN provides cover almost the same way the Taliban does. It serves as the laboratory, the linchpin for legitimizing incendiary rhetoric (against the West in general and America in particular).' - Harvey Kushner, Long Island State University Professor of Criminology (terrorism analyst)

quit the UN said on Tuesday, Feb 8 at 2:44 PM

Since the UN was helped started by Hiss, we should have never joined in the first place. The UN is just part of a plan for a world government.

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