Posted on 10/31/2011 11:28:37 AM PDT by Scythian
The United States will not pay $60 million to a U.N. cultural and educational agency after it voted Monday to accept the Palestinian mission as a full member, triggering a U.S. requirement to cut off funds.
"We are not going to be able to continue contributing to the budget," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. "Palestinian membership as a state in UNESCO triggers longstanding legislative restrictions which will compel the United States to refrain from making contributions to UNESCO."
Washington is required by law to cut off funding to any U.N. agency if the Palestinian Liberation Organization is granted membership in any group at the international body.
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That is a good start. Now, DEFUND the entire UN and bulldoze it.
What — NOW we’ll withhold funds?! Sheesh!
Watch for an Executive Order to change this...
Better yet, make it into a movie cineplex, shopping mall and hotel. Start bringing in revenue instead of funneling tax payer dollars to the pit.
Defund it YES. Bulldoze it NO. Make it a monument to what not to do. The national museum of we say you pay.
Bingo....
Watch for an Executive Order to change this...Absolutely. Obama isn't going to let one of his core constituencies down.
GOOD!!! Then get the eff out of our country!
Turn it into a national homeless shelter... let them trash the place.
Get the hell out of the UN and kick their ass out of the United States. This bunch of dictators and communists are of no use to America.
“Nuland said that if the U.S. ends up in arrears it could challenge U.S. membership status.”
Do it!
The U.S. funds about 22 percent of UNESCO’s budget, or roughly $80 million annually. Nuland said the $60 million was scheduled to be sent in November.
The U.S. rejoined UNESCO in 2002, after having left the organization 19 years earlier.
An aide to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said the congresswoman supports full enforcement of the law, without exception.
Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., has also introduced legislation that would withhold U.S. contributions from any U.N. agency or program that “upgrades” the status of the Palestinian observer mission at the U.N, whether full membership or not.
Great! Can we stop sending taxpayer money to the Palestinians now also?
If we bulldoze the sucker there’s nothing left for them to resurrect, which is exactly what the Leftists will do.
The Left is trying to bulldoze the Constitution so that there’s nothing for us to resurrect, so we must do them the similar favor.
No can do. However, look for him to “find” 60 million somewhere in his slush funds, aka he stash, to go ahead and make the contributions anyway. Or maybe he’ll just go ahead and give the money to the PLO directly.
Obama may “loan” the money to un
OK, bulldoze it.
They're war criminals. If we kick them out right off the bat, how will we get to punish them? (Oh that's right, I forgot; we have too many leftists in DC that want us to be ruled by them.)
Get the hell out of the UN and kick their ass out of the United States. This bunch of dictators and communists are of no use to America.
Ain't that convenient?
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