Goodbye, Bolton - and good riddance
Now that he's resigned, can we get someone more honorable to represent us at the United Nations? Someone who actually believes in diplomacy?
The administration squandered all of the goodwill we gained after September 11th on the foolish, reckless, and unnecessary preemptive invasion of Iraq.
As a further insult, Bush chose to appoint someone who doesn't even believe in the United Nations as America's representative to the United Nations.
Any bloc of Senators or Representatives who persist in challenging the administration's agenda are always labeled "obstructionists" - as if they were somehow standing in the way of progress. What progress? The administration's agenda - the conservative agenda - has been a complete failure. That's especially evident right now given what's happening in Iraq.
The United States is too important not to be represented by a serious diplomat...and John Bolton was not a serious diplomat. So it's with pleasure that we say goodbye and good riddance to him.
Bush reluctantly accepted the resignation of the United Nations ambassador, John R. Bolton, on Monday, conceding that the envoy could not win Senate confirmation and signaling that the administration was unwilling to make another end run around Congressional opponents in order to keep Mr. Bolton in his job.As the host country to the United Nations, we should be demonstrating to the international community that we have faith in the organization and a strong commitment to diplomacy.
The administration squandered all of the goodwill we gained after September 11th on the foolish, reckless, and unnecessary preemptive invasion of Iraq.
As a further insult, Bush chose to appoint someone who doesn't even believe in the United Nations as America's representative to the United Nations.
Any bloc of Senators or Representatives who persist in challenging the administration's agenda are always labeled "obstructionists" - as if they were somehow standing in the way of progress. What progress? The administration's agenda - the conservative agenda - has been a complete failure. That's especially evident right now given what's happening in Iraq.
The United States is too important not to be represented by a serious diplomat...and John Bolton was not a serious diplomat. So it's with pleasure that we say goodbye and good riddance to him.
