Walter Cronkite -- world federalist

The man once described as the "most trusted in America" has come outfirmly, boldly, explicitly – and stupidly – for the formulation of aglobal government at the expense of U.S. national sovereignty.

And, somehow, Walter Cronkite did this at the United Nations lastmonth in near total media blackout.

Let us now shed some light on this never-ending, elitist utopianpipedream for a one-world government that will ensure global peaceforever and ever.

On Oct. 19, Cronkite accepted the Norman Cousins Global Governance Award from the World FederalistsAssociation at the United Nations in New York.

He told those assembled, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, that, as anewsman for CBS, he once had to keep his views on such matters tohimself. Today, as a private citizen, he is speaking out.

The first step toward achieving a one-world government, he said, isto strengthen the United Nations.

"It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventualcatastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United Nations as afirst step toward a world government patterned after our own governmentwith a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce itsinternational laws and keep the peace," he said. "To do that, of course,we Americans will have to yield up some of our sovereignty. That wouldbe a bitter pill. It would take a lot of courage, a lot of faith in thenew order."

He added that the American colonists did just that back in 1776.

Not true. A little history lesson is in order for Mr. Cronkite. Infact, the American colonial leaders fought for independence from foreigndomination, allegiances and entanglements. Remember all those "You AreThere" historical segments you did way back when, Walter?

Apparently not. He continues.

"We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity," he warns. "Timewill not wait. Democracy, civilization itself, is at stake. Within thenext few years, we must change the basic structure of our globalcommunity from the present anarchic system of war and ever moredestructive weaponry to a new system governed by a democratic U.N.federation."

Not! The imposition of a global government on the peoples of theworld will only result in more war, not less. You can already see theresentment building today in Russia and China as Europe unifies andunleashes Euro-cop NATO on the bad boys in the neighborhood.

Cronkite and his fellow global travelers have an undue fear ofanarchy. Anarchy should be far more appealing to freedom-loving peoplethan authoritarianism. It seems to me that if the people of the worldhave no choices about the kind of government under which they want tolive, then the new global order is, by definition, a monopoly and thus,by definition, totalitarian in nature.

"Today the notion of unlimited national sovereignty meansinternational anarchy," he says. Better that than the alternative, Isay.

Cronkite tells us there are three immediate steps necessary to moveus toward this lofty goal of globalization of authority – give the U.N.more money, ratify all of the treaties negotiated by supra-nationalbodies pending before the U.S. Senate and democratizing the U.N.

Cronkite says the U.S. has failed to ratify treaties for only onereason -- the influence of the "Christian Coalition and the rest of thereligious right wing."

"Their leader, Pat Robertson, has written that we should have a worldgovernment but only when the messiah arrives," he said. "Any attempt toachieve world order before that time must be the work of the Devil. Thissmall but well-organized group has intimidated both the Republican Partyand the Clinton administration. It has attacked each of our presidentssince FDR for supporting the United Nations. Robertson explains thatthese presidents were and are unwitting agents of Lucifer."

As President Clinton and the World Trade Organization leaders prepareto meet in Seattle, it's important to understand the zealotry of thoseshamelessly, unself-consciously and conspiratorially working on behalfof global government. That is the goal. You can read it for yourself inCronkite's speech. These arefanatics and extremists who will do whatever it takes to undermine theauthority and supremacy of the U.S. Constitution.

It's about time somebody exposed it for the un-American activity itis. They cry peace. But they steal freedom.