I live in the US South and I see increasingly more signs “us out of un”. I looked up the movement and discovered that it was sponsored by the John Birch Society.
The JBS as I understood it was founded in memory of JB who was a former soldier/missionary executed by the communist Chinese during the revolution. It is pro-christian and anti-communist.
I was wondering what the gripes that had with the UN. In degree of offense, I guess. Is it US soldiers wearing UN uniforms? Is it US soldiers subject to international courts? Or is it just traditional US isolationism rearing its head?
Any help greatly appreciated. Documentation rather opinion.
http://www.getusout.org/
"World government through the United Nations is a serious threat to the freedom of all Americans. Imagine being held prisoner in a foreign land and tried in an international court with judges from such countries as Afghanistan, China, or Iraq.
"Fact: The United Nations (financed by American taxpayers!) has long been a safe harbor for terrorist and oppressive regimes which target America as the enemy.
“Even more alarming, the United Nations is beginning to take aim at the God-given rights enjoyed by Americans since our great nation was founded. The right to self defense, use your own property, or even the right to have children may all be trampled if the United Nations is allowed to have the power it seeks.”
Well, you could check them out yourself:
http://www.jbs.org/
Basically, they believe that the U.S. should be run as the strong, independent country that God intended it to be and that anything that resembles cooperation with anyone else is clearly an attempt to let the godless communists take over.