It’s one of the biggest scandals to hit the United States, and it’s happening in the heart of New York. For years, the United States has had the capability to alleviate the situation, but our government’s inactivity has instead exacerbated the problem. Through passive negotiation, we have allowed this regime to endanger the security of American citizens while at the same time wasting away their tax dollars. No, this regime is not the radical Islamic fascists. The enemy Tom Kilgannon exposes in his new book, Diplomatic Divorce, is the inept global government known as the United Nations.
While the U.S. government has repeatedly put faith in the United Nations (UN) and other international government organizations (IGOs) to create global stability, they often become institutes of corruption and manipulation, not to mention threats to American security, says Kilgannon.
The UN in particular is out of touch, if not outright ignorant, says the author. Kilgannon cites several inconsistencies between how the U.S. and the UN perceive other nations. For example, the U.S. State Department listed seven countries as state sponsors of terrorism prior to the U.S. liberation of Iraq: Iran, Iraq, Syria, North Korea Cuba, Sudan and Libya. Ironically, all of these nations are considered by the UN to be “peace-loving states.” Kofi Annan, whose tenure at the head of the UN has led to some of the most corrupt and deceitful scandals in history, even refers to the leaders of these countries as “Excellencies.”
Kilgannon portrays the affiliation of the United States and the United Nations as a give-and-take relationship: The U.S. gives American tax dollars to the UN, and the UN in turn takes away security and political voice from American citizens. In other words, the United States is paying for the most expensive ticket in order to sit in the nosebleed section.