Withdrawal from the UN?

The Senate Judiciary Committee today heard Sen. Dave Lewis’s (R-Helena) resolution that urges congress to to withdraw from the United Nations.

During the hearing, Sen. Lewis, along with a member of the radical John Birch Society and a few other Montanans spoke in opposition to the United Nations. Many of the proponents of the measure referenced several conspiracy theories as the reason for their support. One proponent went so far as to say that he believes the United Nations is a “satanic” organization.

These comments spurred us to look at some of the major accomplishments of the United Nations, to see if they are in fact “satanic.” Here are a few of their accomplishments:

• Adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which affirms the basic value of every human being
• Negotiated more than 172 peace settlements
• Enabled people in more than 45 nations to take part in free and fair democratic elections
• Provides immunization, health care, education and nutrition in 238 countries annually
• Inspected nuclear facilities in more than 90 countries
• Provided safe drinking water to more than 1.3 billion people in the last decade
• Worked to improve the lives of women in over 100 countries through various education programs
• Helped eradicate smallpox and polio
• Worked to reduce global childhood mortality rates

This just names a few of the accomplishments of this organization. Why would the Montana GOP not want to be a part of these good works?

More importantly though, why is the Montana GOP wasting their time with frivolous resolutions such as this, while ignoring the task Montanans really care about: bringing new jobs to the state and improving our economy?