50 US career diplomats oppose Bolton

[dbeach]

Maybe bolton will have the UN door bolted or maybe he will bolt away??


"John Bolton's insistence that the UN is valuable only when it directly serves the United States, and that the most effective Security Council would be one where the U.S. is the only permanent member, will not help him to negotiate with representatives of the remaining 96% of humanity at a time when the UN is actively considering enlargement of the Security Council and steps to deal more effectively with failed states and to enhance the UN's peacekeeping capability.

At a time when the UN is struggling to get an adequate grip on the genocidal killing in Darfur, Sudan, Mr. Bolton's skepticism about UN peacekeeping, about paying the UN dues that fund peacekeeping, and his leadership of the opposition to the International Criminal Court, originally proposed by the U.S. itself in order to prosecute human rights offenders, will all make it difficult for the U.S. to play an effective leadership role at a time when the UN itself and many member states are moving to improve UN capacity to deal with international problems.

Given these past actions and statements, John R. Bolton cannot be an effective promoter of the U.S. national interest at the UN. We urge you to oppose his nomination. "

http://www.rense.com/general63/amabass.htm

[marmar]

1. Hopefully so...

His nomination is a blatant slap in the face to the UN. Bush is essentially saying you're an irrelevant organization and we'd like to see you disbanded.

[Earth_First]

2. Bolton quotes:

“There's no such thing as the United Nations.” (Global Structures Convocation, Feb. 3, 1994)

“There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world and that is the United States when it suits our interest and when we can get others to go along. And I think it would be a real mistake to count on the U.N. as if it is some disembodied entity out there that can function on its own.” (Global Structures Convocation, Feb. 3, 1994)

In an interview in 2000 on National Public Radio, Mr. Bolton told Juan Williams, "If I were redoing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member because that's the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world." ... "And that one member would be, John Bolton?" Mr. Williams queried. "The United States," Mr. Bolton replied. (New York Times, March 9, 2005)

“Diplomacy is not an end itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.” (Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2005)