John Bolton: The Right Man, In The Right Place, At The Right Time

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[rdb3]

There is no glory, and certainly no peace, ever to be had dealing with two-faced liars who cannot be trusted to mean what they say.

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Yes, sir! PREACH!

[rrrod]

Time will tell if we get a John Bolton fan club going here....hope he tears the UN a new one!

[CyberAnt]

Well .. I presume he will do what he's always done - tell the truth. I'm confident that will not set well with the nuanced crowd.

[purpleland]

Excerpt from article, Gerard Baker* writes re UN:

"Outside America there is something approaching a fetishism about the UN, a delusional obsession with the idea that it is the only source of global legitimacy in international relations. It is understandable, I suppose. Countries and peoples that have been ravaged by international aggression for centuries can be expected to invest their highest hopes for security in a supranational organisation that promises to preserve peace and justice. But this lofty ideal, enshrined in the UN Charter, is at serious variance with the facts of the UN’s history."

"After the Korean War, the UN stood by and did nothing for four decades as some of the worst crimes against humanity were committed across and within borders. It did nothing when the Soviet Union imposed its will by force on Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan. It did nothing to stop Pol Pot’s genocidal wars in South East Asia or the Indonesian cremation of East Timor. Just as Mao Zedong was busy executing anyone who expressed the slightest reservation about the wisdom of the Cultural Revolution, he was rewarded by being given a seat on the Security Council."

*Gerard Baker writes a column on US politics and policy, which appears every Thursday. He came to Washington in 1996 after almost three years as an FT Tokyo correspondent, covering Japan's unfolding financial crisis and broader economic issues. Between 1998 and 2002 he was Washington bureau chief.

http://new.ft.com/comment/columnists/gerardbaker