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June 10, 2006
Bolton Continues To Roast the Farcical UN
Rick Moran has an excellent summation of John Bolton's red-hot reply to UN lackey Mark Malloch Brown, the British Deputy UN Secretary-General, who made a sneering speech that implied that the average American doesn't properly understand the UN. From the Times:
Before Mr Bolton arrived in London, Kofi Annan, the UN chief, tried to play down the controversy. “I think the message that was intended is that the US needs the UN, and the UN needs the US, and we need to support each other,” Mr Annan said.
The US needs the UN? For what, exactly?
George Bush won the last election by about 52%. Presumably those millions who comprise the 52% don't give a rat's ass about UN approval on any issue. Of the remaining 48%, maybe 35% will oppose any US international action, UN approved or not. So that leaves about 13% of the voting population who cares whether we have UN "permission" to conduct foreign policy.
The numbers are just guesses, of course, but the principle is sound. The UN is the ultimate definition of an unaccountable, corrupt and power-mad bureaucratic institution, and it has zero cause to claim any moral high ground over the US on international policy. Bolton is on a hot streak that would make Joe DiMaggio proud.
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