Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane. It's .
. . the United Nation’s latest Honorary Ambassador – Wonder Woman. As
death, destruction and mayhem continue to spread across the globe from Syria to
Venezuela, the bureaucracy that is the United Nations has decided the best
response to aggressive despots and global terrorism is placing their faith in a
fictitious comic book hero. If one needed any further proof the U.N.
has been reduced, quite literally, to a farce, this should remove all doubt.
The U.N.’s attempt to appropriate a beloved, albeit somewhat
dated comic book protagonist, into yet another superficial, politically-correct
campaign, would truly be comical if not for the taxpayer money used to support
a bloated bureaucracy that has become no more effective at keeping global order
than a social media “slacktivist” campaign. And, that’s when its officials are
actually, dedicated to a public good, rather than being busted for corruption
or having its “peace-keeping” forces charged with committing atrocities in the
Third World countries they are supposed to be helping.
And still, the U.S. government keeps shoveling millions of
dollars annually into the global bureaucracy in NYC’s Manhattan borough. Last
year alone, American taxpayers subsidized more than "22% of the U.N.’s
general budget, and more than 28% for its peacekeeping missions." Now,
thanks to the largesse of the American taxpayers, oppressed girls and women in
countries that engage in institutional misogyny, including Pakistan, India, and
the Congo, can rest easier at night knowing Wonder Woman has their backs.
This is the nature of all
government bureaucracies, the U.N. long ago lost sight of its original mission;
blinded by its own self-importance as it extends its reach far beyond simply
fostering “international peace and security” and “respect for the principle of
equal rights and self-determination of peoples.” And, the U.N.’s
politically-correct mentality, reflecting the pacifist worldview of its
European members rather than America’s strong spirit of defending liberty,
has reduced its efficacy to levels hereto fore unimagined. This may be fine for Democrats who
glow warmly at the mention of “international cooperation,” but to those who are
concerned about equal rights and self-determination, such actions ring hollow.
If the U.N. were truly committed to empowering women across the
world, it would reject countries like Pakistan and Iran, which oppose rights
for women, from positions of “leadership” on such issues. And, if the
organization truly was committed to the self-determination and freedom of
individuals, it would cease embracing its relentless campaign to undermine the
concept of an individual right to keep and bear arms.
As
Paul Harvey, would famously say: "And now, for the rest of the story." As is more
common than not, the UN has backtracked on another political decision with
little to no thought as to what possessed the organization in the first place to do what it did. Less than two months ago, Wonder Woman was awarded a surprising new title. She was appointed a UN ambassador for Gender Equality, and declared by the United Nations to be "the most iconic female superhero of all time"! Her career lasted but a short time, though. In other words her new line of business lasted about as long as the typical UN negotiated truce. December 14th less than two months after appointing her as their ambassador, the United Nations effectively 'fired' Wonder Woman.
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