Andrea Seastrand

About the author: Andrea Seastrand is a Republican congresswoman from California.

Since the end of World War II, American foreign policy has been heavily influenced by the United Nations. U.S. involvement in costly foreign entanglements in Korea, Vietnam, and Bosnia were the direct result of America's ties to the international organization. In order to preserve U.S. sovereignty and prevent the squandering of American money and lives, the United States should withdraw from the United Nations.

For nearly 50 years the United Nations has been the hub around which U.S. foreign policy has revolved. This entangling alliance with the world body and its web of specialized agencies and institutions has resulted in our involvement in one foreign quarrel after another, from Korea to Vietnam to Bosnia. We...