Bolton off to a reckless start

[DrDan]

http://denverpost.com/opinion/ci_2990324

John Bolton was such a controversial nominee for the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations that President Bush had to do an end-run around the Senate and make a recess appointment to get him into the job earlier this month. Now in office, Bolton has issued a reckless blast that will put even his critics back on their heels.

Five years ago, the United States signed the Millennium Development Goals, a U.N. effort to cut abject poverty by half, curb pandemics worldwide and achieve universal basic education for children. Next month, heads of state from nearly 180 nations will hold a summit to promote the goals, which include stopping the spread of TB and malaria, providing access to AIDS treatment and ending ecological destruction.

Embarrassingly, Bolton is trying to undermine the upwelling of international support for the Millennium Goals. In recent days, he sent several memos proposing changes that would effectively gut the goals. He not only wants the United States to wriggle out of any commitments, he also wants to stop other nations from fulfilling theirs.

well - considering how well junior's minions are handling the MOLA disaster, what can you expect???

[truthisfreedom]

1. uhh... link, please?

this will be removed by mods without a link or source.

[DrDan]

3. thanks

mind-numbed - too much going on today

[Judi Lynn]

2. The country's attention has been focused on New Orleans.

He could set the building on fire and few would know. No doubt _Bush and his advisors will use this distraction to further their own sinister plans they've been working on for the last decade or more.

[gratuitous]

4. Ambassador John Bolton

Job description: Turd in the punchbowl.

So what if the United States and all the other member nations of the UN have been working on the Millennium Development Goals for five years? Here comes Ambassador Turd to throw everything out the window and declare that the United States isn't going to play along anymore. I've seen more maturity from seven-year-olds on a school playground.

[agincourt]

5. I swear,

if the devil could shit, that would explain where this administration came from.

[Amonester]

6. LOL!! (THANK YOU!!)

I just couldn't stop it this time. Thank you! Thank You!! :)

(I needed that for not going down further depressed tonight)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. hear hear, or here here. I needed that, too. nt

[teryang]

8. Start?

He's always been reckless. He's a lunatic. A radical extremist.