Posted on 04/10/2005 9:41:14 PM PDT by goldstategop
All of this, in short, is political smoke designed to disguise what is really a policy dispute. Mr. Bolton's opponents don't want to promote a blunt-spoken supporter of Mr. Bush's foreign policy to help reform an obviously dysfunctional United Nations. They prefer someone who'll subjugate U.S. interests to the "multilateralism" that is their, and the U.N.'s, dominant ethic. Democrats who vote against Mr. Bolton will be saying they want an Ambassador to the U.N. who represents Kofi Annan, not America.
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(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Why not Yanni or Zamfir?
Anyone got one of those bright red lip imprints? that may be fitting.
INTREP
This is true.
I am glad the WSJ is pointing it out to those who didn't figure it out.
"They prefer someone who'll subjugate U.S. interests to the "multilateralism" that is their, and the U.N.'s, dominant ethic. Democrats who vote against Mr. Bolton will be saying they want an Ambassador to the U.N. who represents Kofi Annan, not America."
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And these are US Senators and Congressmen, elected by the American people.
What's wrong with this picture?
The Republicans should be on TV 24/7 making these very points to the American people.
FYI Ping
A perfectly written first paragraph or two has exactly analyzed what is going on with the Bolton confirmation.
Anyone who has watched the Bolton hearings knows this to be true....the rats are so afraid that we may offend some of the despots in the UN..
Lawsy! Great article that just went out to my email list.
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