bolton tries to change the world & ends up being "odd news"...

[radwriter0555]

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Bolton's punctuality drive comes to early end Fri Mar 3, 8:35 AM ET



UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An unpopular punctuality drive launched in the U.N. Security Council last month by U.S. Ambassador John Bolton came to an abrupt end on Thursday when Argentina took over the council's rotating presidency.

Bolton had cracked the whip while presiding over the 15-nation U.N. body in February, starting meetings precisely on time, even with empty chairs in the room, as part of a plan to modernize council operations.

He had also called in ambassadors almost every morning of the month for closed-door briefings by U.N. staff on overnight global political and peacekeeping developments.

But Argentine Ambassador Cesar Mayoral made clear it would be a different story in March.

If ambassadors wanted to come on time, it would be up to them, he told reporters.

As for the morning briefings, "this is impossible," he said. "We aren't having a daily briefing each day."

If an ambassador asked for a briefing on a particular matter, he would try to accommodate the request. But absent that, the council work program was simply too heavy, he said.

Some ambassadors had grumbled in February that they already had too many commitments to attend the daily sessions.

Bolton has described the U.S. campaign to reform the United Nations as an "irresistible force" pitted against an "immovable object."

Bypassing the U.S. Senate, President George W. Bush sent Bolton to the United Nations last August with instructions to shake up the world body after findings of mismanagement and corruption in the $64 billion oil-for-food program for Iraq.

[Gman]

1. Hey John...!

You're ONE of FIFTEEN! The other 14 couldn't give a fat rat's butt about your reform program. Why the hell should they?

[Erika]

2. Bolton and W = ineffective and unwanted

Mismanagement and corruption concerns? Look at this misadministration.

[JDPriestly]

3. Bolton needs to go back to kindergarten

and learn how to play with others. His social skills are not properly developed. He does not represent us well. He does not demonstrate cultural tolerance. He is impatient. He is immature. His nomination should not have been confirmed.

[90-percent]

5. confirmed?

I thought he was a recess appointment and bypassed confirmation, but will have to be confirmed in 6 months or something.

In other words, he's still temoporary, awaiting full blown confirmation?

-85% Jimmy

Attempting to be factual, in spite of a bad memory

[JDPriestly]

7. Woops! You're right. Is there some kind of recall process?

I don't think so, but maybe there should be.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. I thought Bush's style of government was patterned after Texas style.

Work your governmental job for a few months out of the year, but develop cronyistic ties through golf and hunting parties was year round?

[newyawker99]

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