Scott Garrett: “my amendment will increase our funding of international counterterrorist programs, while also calling out the United…”

“my amendment will increase our funding of international counterterrorist programs, while also calling out the United Nations for its continued reluctance to recognize and fight international terrorism. We are at war with an enemy whose tactics not only involve the destruction of non-combatants, women, little children, people just trying to work or buying something at the market; their tactics depend on such destruction. Terrorists disregard the rules of warfare and strike at pure innocents. They wear no uniform and often do not even care about saving their own lives. Despite the fact that the world is in the throes of the violence of terrorism, the U.N. has done so very little to fight this threat on humanity. The U.N. marks progress against terrorism by how many committees they have formed and how many documents have been signed. We need a world body that does not consider an expanded bureaucracy as success. We need a world body that is a partner in the war on terror. Instead, the U.N. spends its time passing toothless resolutions on counterterrorism that even countries such as Iran, Libya, and Syria can support. These nations will continue to funnel money to terrorist organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Mahdi Army knowing that there will be absolutely no repercussions from the U.N. My amendment proposes to shift $20 million, approximately 3 percent of the U.S. contribution to the U.N., to antiterrorism assistance programs.”