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In reply to the discussion: Why do rightwingers hate the U.N.? [View all]VOX
(22,976 posts)40. "There is no United Nations" since the U.S. is "the only real power left in the world"-John Bolton
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/5-dumbest-right-wing-conspiracy-theories-about-united-nations
Alternet, 12/04/2012
5 Dumbest Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories About the United Nations
Conservative fear-mongers claim a UN treaty ensuring rights for disabled people "undermines American sovereignty."
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John Bolton, a right-wing foreign policy voice in the GOP, deserves his own category for freaking out about the UN. In 1994, he told an audience that there is no United Nations. There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world, and thats the United States.
These comments sparked controversy when George W. Bush nominated Bolton to serve as US ambassador to the United Nations. But Bolton did not stop just questioning why the UN existed. He also suggested that it wouldnt matter if the UN building lost physical stories. The Secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If it lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference, Bolton said. Since leaving his post as ambassador, Bolton has continued to raise doubts about the UN.
Alternet, 12/04/2012
5 Dumbest Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories About the United Nations
Conservative fear-mongers claim a UN treaty ensuring rights for disabled people "undermines American sovereignty."
<snip>
John Bolton, a right-wing foreign policy voice in the GOP, deserves his own category for freaking out about the UN. In 1994, he told an audience that there is no United Nations. There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world, and thats the United States.
These comments sparked controversy when George W. Bush nominated Bolton to serve as US ambassador to the United Nations. But Bolton did not stop just questioning why the UN existed. He also suggested that it wouldnt matter if the UN building lost physical stories. The Secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If it lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference, Bolton said. Since leaving his post as ambassador, Bolton has continued to raise doubts about the UN.
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U.S.A.! U.S.A! Those other, inferior countries who are either socialist
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2017
#3
They've been whining about the U.N. since the charter was signed in June 1945
dflprincess
Dec 2017
#5
They think its the world telling us what to do. In truth its almost the opposite
unblock
Dec 2017
#6
UN threatens America First. Plus too many Black and Brown people for white wingers.
Hoyt
Dec 2017
#8
They view the USA as an absolute hegemony, and any form of capitulation is a sign of weakness.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2017
#23
Been going on very lomg time. Because of Eleanor Roosevelt's connection with founding??
bobbieinok
Dec 2017
#27
They don't believe in International Law if it constrains US actions in any way.
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#32