As usual, Charley Reese hits the nail on the head with this article about
Bush's UN Ambassador-nominee.
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese186.html
Balmy Bolton
He's a neocon maniac, says Charley Reese.
While President George W. Bush has shown himself to be a cunning demagogue, he continues to display extremely bad judgment, and the nomination of John Bolton to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is just the latest example.
Never mind whether you like the United Nations or dislike it. It exists. There are times when the United States will need to win a consensus of the world's nations, and the United Nations is the place where that is most easily done. That will never happen if we send a man who is loose-lipped, mean-spirited, a serial abuser of underlings, and who believes he can substitute browbeating for persuasion.
Bolton was one of the leaders in misleading the American people about weapons of mass destruction. He abused and tried to get fired or transferred intelligence analysts who had a different opinion than he had. Who is going to believe this guy if he says Iran has nuclear weapons or that strong action needs to be taken against North Korea? Nobody. And if Bolton thinks he can browbeat the Russians, the French, the Chinese and the Germans, he's in for a big surprise. They will cut him a new and extra orifice.
What is needed at the United Nations is a diplomat. Diplomats leave the demagoguery to politicians. They listen. They try to persuade with reason and evidence. They show respect for others with different opinions. They try to form good personal relations with others. They work behind the scenes and shun the press.
Bolton has displayed not one of these characteristics. He is an ideologue, and he loves to mouth off in public. He was put forward by our reptilian vice president, Dick Cheney, who thoroughly discredited himself with his demagoguery about nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. Bolton has a terrible record on disarmament and an equally terrible record of publicly scorning the United Nations. That's why 67 former U.S. diplomats, 50 of them having served Republican presidents, wrote a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposing Bolton's appointment.
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Bush should acknowledge party unity on Bolton
Oregon Daily Emerald - 1 hour ago
Last week, President Bush made an interesting request to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the group in charge of confirming his chosen UN ambassador, John Bolton: Bush asked the panel to "put aside politics," indicating his opinion that a ...
Richardson troubled by Bolton nomination KRQE
Republican says confirmation of Bolton is "too close to call" 13WHAM-TV
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese186.html
Balmy Bolton
He's a neocon maniac, says Charley Reese.
While President George W. Bush has shown himself to be a cunning demagogue, he continues to display extremely bad judgment, and the nomination of John Bolton to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is just the latest example.
Never mind whether you like the United Nations or dislike it. It exists. There are times when the United States will need to win a consensus of the world's nations, and the United Nations is the place where that is most easily done. That will never happen if we send a man who is loose-lipped, mean-spirited, a serial abuser of underlings, and who believes he can substitute browbeating for persuasion.
Bolton was one of the leaders in misleading the American people about weapons of mass destruction. He abused and tried to get fired or transferred intelligence analysts who had a different opinion than he had. Who is going to believe this guy if he says Iran has nuclear weapons or that strong action needs to be taken against North Korea? Nobody. And if Bolton thinks he can browbeat the Russians, the French, the Chinese and the Germans, he's in for a big surprise. They will cut him a new and extra orifice.
What is needed at the United Nations is a diplomat. Diplomats leave the demagoguery to politicians. They listen. They try to persuade with reason and evidence. They show respect for others with different opinions. They try to form good personal relations with others. They work behind the scenes and shun the press.
Bolton has displayed not one of these characteristics. He is an ideologue, and he loves to mouth off in public. He was put forward by our reptilian vice president, Dick Cheney, who thoroughly discredited himself with his demagoguery about nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. Bolton has a terrible record on disarmament and an equally terrible record of publicly scorning the United Nations. That's why 67 former U.S. diplomats, 50 of them having served Republican presidents, wrote a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposing Bolton's appointment.
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Bush should acknowledge party unity on Bolton
Oregon Daily Emerald - 1 hour ago
Last week, President Bush made an interesting request to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the group in charge of confirming his chosen UN ambassador, John Bolton: Bush asked the panel to "put aside politics," indicating his opinion that a ...
Richardson troubled by Bolton nomination KRQE
Republican says confirmation of Bolton is "too close to call" 13WHAM-TV
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - USA Today - New York Times - CNN -
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