More on Ambassador John Bolton’s time at the UN — a Gulliver dispatched to Lilliput — in my column today for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Claudia Rosett
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More on Ambassador John Bolton’s time at the UN — a Gulliver dispatched to Lilliput — in my column today for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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6 Comments
1. Brian:Well, Claudia, your use of language is a deft, sure and precise as ever, and you put it to good use here. You’ve summarized a lot in a very little space. (I particularly liked the phrase: “… has incubated such scandals as…”)
I’ll bookmark this for future reference.
Thanks again,
Brian
Dec 7, 2006 - 5:03 pm 2. paul stutman:Claudia:
Dec 7, 2006 - 10:30 pm 3. Paul Deffebach:Fantastic column. I’ve been a gigantic supporter of John Bolton since he was first appointed. His unwavering commitment to Israel and his sense of good and evil should have been commended. Instead, the liberal democrats in the Senate decided to block his nomination. Shame on all of them!
Claudia,
Dec 8, 2006 - 6:52 pm 4. gringoman:Nice column. What the UN lacks is any semblance of moral authority, not because of its dreams of world peace, but because of its structure. The UN is a democracy of dictators where democracies get out voted. When the UN or a competing organization limits membership to democracies in fair elections, only then will the interests of peace and freedom.
Excellent column, but isn’t this victory of John Bolton’s opponents rather pyhrric? Such an Ambassador, by standing up to that pompous snake pit, in effect helped to alleviate U.S. disgust with it. Americans could think, ‘well, maybe something can be salvaged there. A man like Bolton is on the job. Maybe we shouldn’t dump them in the East River after all.’
But now, how much of the illusion will be left, especially if replacements, instead of standing up, just slither along with the others? Have the Democrats reckoned? Have they really benefitted their pets?
Dec 8, 2006 - 10:47 pm 5. Alex Chediak:Great article, Claudia. Might someone point me to a good essay discussing the actual circumstances behind Bolton’s departure?
Thanks,
Dec 9, 2006 - 4:25 pm 6. Bobby Gee:Alex
Your language in depicting the UN as a “sinkhole” is too polite. The UN is a burlesque of representational government. I’m pleased to see you portray the UN as it is.
Dec 9, 2006 - 6:52 pm