1999 Ron Paul 79:1 Mr. PAUL.
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself
the balance of my time.
1999 Ron Paul 79:2 Mr. Chairman, I am not addressing
the imperfections of the United Nations.
I am addressing the imperfection of our policy with the United Nations,
which is a lot different.
1999 Ron Paul 79:3 We ignore the rule of law; we ignore
international law when it pleases us.
We did not accept the United Nations
role when it came to Kosovo. We did
not even accept NATO when it came to
Kosovo. What we did, we just totally
ignored it.
1999 Ron Paul 79:4 We invaded a sovereign nation. We
did not abide by the rules of the United
Nations. Then when we needed rescue
from our policy, then we go limping to
the United Nations to come in and
please save our policy in Kosovo.
1999 Ron Paul 79:5 That is what I object to. I think that
we should not renege and turn over our
sovereignty to these international bodies.
I believe there is motivation for
this. When our commercial interests
and financial interests are at stake,
yes, we do get involved in the Persian
Gulf; yes, we do get involved in Eastern
Europe. But do we get involved in
Rwanda? No, we do not. We ignore it.
1999 Ron Paul 79:6 So I say that we should have a policy
that is designed for the sovereignty of
this Nation; that we should not have
troops serving under the United Nations;
that we should not pretend to be
a member of the United Nations and
pretend to be a member of NATO and
then not even follow the rules that
have been laid down and that we have
agreed to.
1999 Ron Paul 79:7 Generally, we always make our problems
worse. Our wars are endless, and
our occupations are endless. Someday
we are going to have to wake up and
design a new policy because this will
not stop as long as we capitulate to the
use of the United Nations and try to
sacrifice our sovereignty to these
international parties.
1999 Ron Paul 79:8 Now, this does not get us out of the
United Nations. It is a step in that direction,
obviously. But it is a step in
the right direction because I think it is
the proper use of our military if we do
not capitulate and put it under NATO
and put it in the United Nations. We
need to use our military strictly in the
defense of U.S. sovereignty.
