Bush imposes right-wing thug as ambassador to UN

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Date : 2005-08-03
The “recess appointment” of Bolton
Bush imposes right-wing thug as ambassador to UN


By Bill Van Auken – World Socialist Web Site

In both the thuggish character of the nominee and the arrogant method of his installation, George W. Bush’s August 1 “recess appointment” of John Bolton as the US ambassador to the United Nations exemplifies his administration’s contempt for democratic forms as well as world public opinion.

In announcing the appointment on the first Monday morning after Congress went on its five-week summer break, Bush declared Bolton “the right man for the job,” and charged that his nomination last March had not been put to a vote “because of partisan delaying tactics by a handful of senators.”

In reality, Bolton’s problems in the US Senate stemmed in large part from divisions within the Republican Party over the wisdom of appointing such a hardcore right-wing ideologue to the UN post.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee failed to recommend his nomination to the full Senate because Republican Senator George Voinovich of Ohio refused to endorse him. Voinovich stated reasons of “conscience” in explaining his opposition to the president’s nominee.


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1. And it's going to cost him.

Bush's appointment of his "Buddy" John Dolton is not going to happen for free.

There will be lots of fallout from this. There'll be lots of drama in the UN because of this creep. World attention will be focused on him, and there will be endless discussions of his bad behaviour.

Other countries will be able to protest loudly, be positively blatant about their revulsion for the US. And nobody will argue the fact, because the whole thing was so damn belligerent.

In a way, this is good. It's bringing all the crap to the surface.