John Bolton

[TCO]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
What am I supposed to do about it?

Wife has single friends?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

My point is that a situation in which the Administration's policy and America's interest are at odds was anticipated by the Founders when they gave the House control of the pursestrings and the Senate control over the approval of diplomats. All that's happening here is Senatorial due diligence.

Choosing diplomats is the President's job, not the Senate's. The Senate is just supposed to make sure the nominees are competent. The Senate is well beyond its constitutional responsibilities at this point; apparently the position of UN Ambassador has become yet another catalyst for the partisan brawling we see every time a Supreme Court nominee goes to the Senate...

I trust you'll be good enough to quote, in an upcoming post, the passage in the Constitution that limits the Senate's advice and consent to "competence."

[Drake Tungsten]

You know as well I do that the Constitution is vague enough that it can be interpreted in many different ways. The force of precedent is on my side in this case, however...

[Drake Tungsten]

And let's not forget that Bolton would have the approval of the Senate if his nomination could have gotten by the Democratic filibuster last time or out of commitee this time. "Due diligence" indeed...

[Zkribbler]

Re: Re: Re: John Bolton

Originally posted by TCO
If you knew anything about diplomacy, you might understand the advantages of being a prickly character. Perhaps reading Naglebuff's COOPETITION would help you. Of course, you would still be butt-stupid. Not much to help that.

Thanks for the kind words, TCO.

You might want to read John Brady Kiesling's Diplomacy Lessons. He made headlines by resigning in protest from the U.S. diplomatic corp during the lead up to the Iraqi war. He did so, predicting that the policies of the U.S. were leading it into a bloody quagmire there. Meanwhile, NeoCons like Bolton were predicting that the U.S. would be met with flowers.

And, as I pointed out in a earlier post, Bolton was such a prickly character that his unnecessary saber rattling submarined U.S. attempts to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear program. So we're now looking at a pychopath armed with nuclear weapons thanks in part to Bolton being butt-stupid.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by TCO


Wife has single friends?

Not in this town.

[Whoha]

Re: John Bolton

no we shouldn't send anyone to the UN, it is a pointless waste of time.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
... apparently the position of UN Ambassador has become yet another catalyst for the partisan brawling we see every time a Supreme Court nominee goes to the Senate...

Are you speaking about the brawl over Harriet Myers or the one over John Roberts?

[TCO]

Re: Re: Re: Re: John Bolton

Originally posted by Zkribbler


Thanks for the kind words, TCO.

You might want to read John Brady Kiesling's Diplomacy Lessons. He made headlines by resigning in protest from the U.S. diplomatic corp during the lead up to the Iraqi war. He did so, predicting that the policies of the U.S. were leading it into a bloody quagmire there. Meanwhile, NeoCons like Bolton were predicting that the U.S. would be met with flowers.

And, as I pointed out in a earlier post, Bolton was such a prickly character that his unnecessary saber rattling submarined U.S. attempts to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear program. So we're now looking at a pychopath armed with nuclear weapons thanks in part to Bolton being butt-stupid.

The NK have a nuclear program because they lied and blew off the Carter/Clinton charade. Bush didn't want to appease like the crank-sucking Democraps.

[Drake Tungsten]

The United Nations is facing fresh accusations of bureaucratic incompetence after the disclosure that renovation costs for its vast New York headquarters have rocketed to nearly £1 billion.

The projected bill for the scheme, which includes updating the 1950s building and a makeover for the Secretary General's New York residence, has risen by nearly two-thirds from an original 2002 estimate of $1,170 million (£600 million) to $1,900 million.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/10/wun10.xml

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