Harbison: The importance of the Military

Jim Harbison

Recent surveys reflect that the youth of this nation have an unfavorable opinion of military service and those who served. Schools taught this generation global citizenship instead of national sovereignty. Prominent universities have banned ROTC from their campuses and professors increasingly disparage our military and those who serve in it. This attitude is also reflective of many supporters of the Obama Administration. His administration threatened not to pay military personnel during the recent budget crisis and structured future automatic budget cuts to the military if the Congressional “Super Committee” cannot reach an agreement. The military is not the cause of our budget problems.

Unfortunately, these same government officials did not recommend suspending the pay and benefits for members of Congress or the White House staff. Nor did they suggest defunding those non-essential government agencies such as the dysfunctional Department of Energy, Department of Education or the job killing Environmental Protection Agency.
We have a Congress where few have ever performed any military service and yet they are the ones that make policy decisions that send our military into harm’s way. The security of this nation has been maintained by the US military since the beginning of our history. The military has remained apolitical and has traditionally been restricted from displaying political signs, bumper stickers, or engaging in any political activity while in uniform or on military installations. This Administration and segments of society seem bent on destroying the power and prestige of our military services and view them all with contempt.

As many of you know I avidly oppose the United Nations Agenda 21 and its sustainable development policies. The United Nations Conference on Environment & Development was adopted at Rio de Janerio’s Earth Summit in June 1992 but it has never been ratified by the US Congress. We also know that President Clinton signed an Executive Order in 1993 to administratively implement the provisions of Agenda 21 by executive fiat. A policy repeated by President Obama.
On March 19, 2011 President Obama announced in a White House Press Release that he reaffirmed it was imperative to move toward sustainable development and that he was fully committed to establishing an international world order. He created the White House Rural Council for Sustainable Development on June 9, 2011 and extended government control over every aspect of rural America.

Its stated purpose was to coordinate Federal programs and maximize the impact of Federal investment to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in our rural communities. It also will coordinate federally directed growth and development and facilitate economic opportunities associated with energy development, outdoor recreation and other conservation related activities. All objectives and policies right out of Agenda 21.

Why do I mention that? Perhaps it is because this United Nations program also calls for all governments to self-fund the implementation of Agenda 21. According to section 33.16 (g) of Agenda 21 one of the methods is “the reallocation of resources at present committed to military purposes”.

One of the criteria for worldwide implementation of UN Agenda 21 is to dismantle or neutralize a nation’s military. President Obama’s actions and announcements clearly demonstrate his support of this global agenda. His policies implementing components of this UN program attempt to weaken our military diminish our national sovereignty and forfeit our constitutional rights. President Obama and our youth admire global citizenship over national sovereignty and see the military as a threat to this UN vision and want to denigrate and eliminate it. Thankfully, our military is committed to preserving our Constitution rather than Obama’s quest for an international world order.

Harbison: The importance of the Military