In the wake of the resignation of John Bolton, now, thankfully the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, the president is laying it all at the feet of political obstruction instead of the fact that the Senate, for once, used good sense in not affirming his nominee for this delicate job.
According to an Associated Press report, the president is bitter, “deeply disappointed that a handful of United States senators prevented Ambassador Bolton from receiving the up or down vote he deserved in the Senate.”
“They chose to obstruct his confirmation, even though he enjoys majority support in the Senate…this stubborn obstructionism ill serves our country and discourages men and women of talent from serving their nation,” he said.
What a crock!
Bolton was forced to cut and run, a victim of his own inability to function as a tactful and patient diplomat, a fact recognized by both parties who let his appointment as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations die on the vine and force his resignation.
Bolton, instead of infusing a world view, has consistently taken a Nikita Khrushchev-type route to diplomacy. He’s a hard-nosed predator who doesn’t believe in negotiations or talking out the differences between the United States and a growing number of nations across the planet, more willing to employ brawn than brain in the fragile arena of diplomatic relations.
This thug believes the United States should develop new nuclear weaponry, oust foreign leaders and overthrow governments that do not goosestep to this administration’s marching orders.
He is a member of the neocon Project for The New American Century — a dangerous, thoughtless think tank that pushes for America’s positioning as the sole superpower on the planet. Other PNAC members, past and present, include Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, William J. Bennett, Scooter Libby, Richard Perle, Dan Quayle, Jeb Bush and William Kristol, a ship of fools that will, with any luck, find berth alongside the Titanic.
So, another chicken hawk has fled the coop, and not a moment too soon. But, before we celebrate too hardily, we must take pause because God only knows who Bush’s daddy has waiting in the wings this time.
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