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It’s funny. Back in grade school, I was chosen to participate in the “Model United Nations”. The teachers at the time thought it would be a splendid way to teach us young children cooperation and show us how the UN works to resolve problems. After 1 day, I realized it was a complete sham and didn’t hold back when someone picked a fight with my country. I think I was Mongolia. Of course, none of my neighbors came to my aid and when push came to shove, and I was ejected when I told the other country where he could stick it. It is only years later that I can appreciate what those teachers were doing and truly understand how much of a complete joke the UN really is.

Most of you have never heard of Darfur, a region in Sudan. The area has been under siege with civil war for years. One group made up of the military, and the other by a series of rebel groups. The Sudanese government is completely corrupt and of course has been accused of playing both sides.

Since the start of the conflict, about 450,000 people have been killed, and 3,000,000 people have been displaced.

… and the UN has done nothing.

The on-going conflict in Darfur, Sudan, which started in 2003, was declared a “genocide” by United States Secretary of State Colin Powell on September 9, 2004 in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.Since that time however, no other permanent member of the United Nations Security Council has followed suit.

OK, well maybe they just didn’t have the funds or ability to help this time. OK, well let’s not forget Rwanda. Back in 1994, the local Hutu gov’t decided to massacre political opposition in what has been described as a genocide.

Over the course of approximately 100 days, from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana on 6 April up until mid July, at least 500,000 people were killed. Most estimates indicate a death toll between 800,000 and 1,000,000, which could be as high as 20% of the total Rwanda population.

… and again. The UN did nothing. We are not completely innocent on this one either, but in all honestly, we can’t do everything.

Despite overwhelming evidence of genocide and knowledge as to its perpetrators, United States officials decided against taking a leading role in confronting the slaughter in Rwanda. Rather, US officials confined themselves to public statements, diplomatic demarches, initiatives for a ceasefire, and attempts to contact both the interim government perpetrating the killing and the RPF.

We cannot be the police of the world. All sides need to want victory for victory to be achieved. It is when I hear that President Obama supports the ratification of an international treaty to limit arms flow with implications to our local citizens, that I remember the above articles.

I am privileged to know many men who serve and have served in the military. They have fought for the freedoms we enjoy today, but slowly those freedoms are being eroded in the name of “common sense” and “international community”. I’m sorry, but I have yet to hear one instance that “common sense” and “international community” belong in the same sentence. Maybe we should ask one of the 1,000,000 residents of Rwanda who were unarmed and unable to defend themselves. What about Darfur? What about Nazi Germany? Mumbai? How many unarmed people all over the world are never given the chance to defend themselves. Who speaks for them?

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

No where in that statement does it talk about “reasonable restrictions”. No where in that statement does it say we can “keep and bear certain arms at certain times”. No international treaty ever will trump our local rights. No international treaty can invalidate any part of our constitution. Any politician who thinks otherwise should be removed from office with the possibility of charges levied against them which can and should include treason. Harsh? I think I’m being quite civil actually especially considering the alternative.

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