The John Birchers may have been right

For many years, I saw a billboard in Provo, UT underwritten by the John Birch Society, reading "Get US out of the United Nations." I always thought it was kooky. But no more.


First, there's the disappearance of billions into the bureaucracy that was supposed to be assuring food and medicine would be delivered to the Iraqi people.

Then there's this.

Today, we're suggesting that the U.N. should be sent into Haiti to restore order. How about making it a test case? See if the U.N. can do anything worthwhile without us. If they do no better than they did in Rwanda or Bosnia, we're out.