Bush to U.N.: Drop Dead (The administration will regret its latest appointment) [Waaaaaaaaah alert]

Slate ^ | March 7, 2005 | Fred Kaplan

[pissant]

Damn, from this author's description, Bolton sounds like the perfect guy to be in charge of talks with the UN. This is too good. Cheers for the Prez.

[turnrightnow]

Give 'em hell, John!!! This is gonna be fun.

[wk4bush2004]

Bolton may help show the UN that the US isn't going to take their crap.

[Dog Gone]

If Slate hates him, I like him. I've never seen him interviewed, but for some reason I seem to spend more time in a different room in the house in front of a computer...

[LibertarianInExile]

"There is no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. Secretariat Building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference."

"It is a big mistake for us to grant any validity to international law even when it may seem in our short-term interest to do so—because, over the long term, the goal of those who think that international law really means anything are those who want to constrain the United States."

If Bolton really said these things, he might be an acceptable choice for ambassador to the U.N. Bump to the President for picking an ambassador that can say no, and forcefully.

[CaptRon]

There could be no clearer sign that the contempt for the international organization, which was such a prominent feature of Bush's first term, will extend into his second term with still greater force and eloquence.

Apparently I'm missing the problem here.

[Shermy]

"Just as it looked like George W. Bush might be nudging toward multilateralism"

MSM translation:

Multilateralism = with France

Unilateralism = without France

[cripplecreek]

"The United Nations has its problems"



The harshest criticism of the UN in the entire article.

[Red Boots]

There could be no clearer sign that the contempt for the international organization, which was such a prominent feature of Bush's first term, will extend into his second term with still greater force and eloquence.

Yipee ! This is great news !

[Txsleuth]

I already saw an interview with Senator Corzine regarding this nomination and it looks like there will be yet another hearing with a lot of huffing and puffing from the dems about Bush's choice---

Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Ramius]

Contempt and ridicule are the only remaining *rational* approaches to the UN. Seems to me that this appointment might be positively *inspired*.

[DoctorMichael]

If Slate and the Libs are agin' 'em. then I'm for 'em.

[Republican Wildcat]

It's like this author can't understand why anyone wouldn't like the UN. I mean, they only stole billions, raped, pillaged, etc.

[Billthedrill]

Just as it looked like George W. Bush might be nudging toward multilateralism...

Looked, to whom? This is just another regurgitation of the Old Europe wheeze that Bush's willingness to make a fresh start in relations means that he has come around to their point of view. It doesn't, and he hasn't.

[Republican Wildcat]

Filibuster, threat, I guess.

[Howlin]

LOL!

[mlc9852]

Sounds like exactly what the UN needs! Great choice. Bush knows exactly what he is doing.

[Phsstpok]

The author is SO CLOSE, yet so far from the truth.

The message is not "drop dead." The message is:

"Grow up or die of irrelevance."

Bolton is the perfect ambassador to send exactly the right message to the well padded fools on the East River.

[Ruth A.]

There could be no clearer sign that the contempt for the international organization, which was such a prominent feature of Bush's first term, will extend into his second term with still greater force and eloquence.

The blind and deaf are being to see and hear. As I said elsewhere, between sex-for-food, food-for-oil, I-don't-see-any genocide UN scandals and the senators' inflated egos the hearings should be exhilarating.