Heritage Foundation: Bolton recess appt "should be applauded by all"

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John Bolton: A Force For Change at the U.N.
by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
WebMemo #814

August 3, 2005

http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm814.cfm

The President’s decision to bypass congressional obstructionists and send John Bolton to the United Nations via recess appointment should be applauded by all who support fundamental reform of the world body. As U.S. Ambassador, Bolton will arrive at the U.N. at a critically important time, when the United States is pushing a powerful reform agenda at the United Nations in the aftermath of the Oil–for-Food fiasco and the U.N. peacekeeping scandal in the Congo.

Bolton’s appointment is a clear signal from the White House that cleaning up the U.N. is a priority issue. It is in the U.S. national interest for the U.N. to be an effective, accountable, and credible world body. Bolton is an astute political heavyweight who has the close ear of the President, and his views are closely in sync with congressional reform efforts led by Rep. Henry Hyde, Chairman of the House International Relations Committee.

Bolton’s term of appointment, which will run through January 2007, will be a watershed period for the U.N. It will see the culmination of several major investigations into the Oil-for-Food scandal, including at least five on Capitol Hill. Under intense congressional pressure, the United Nations will be expected to implement a series of reform measures, including the establishment of an independent oversight board, a greater degree of external auditing, whistleblower protection for U.N. staff, and a streamlining of U.N. programs. The U.N. will also need to abolish its widely discredited Commission on Human Rights and completely overhaul the training and leadership of its scandal-hit peacekeeping operations.

The next 18 months will also be a critical time for the U.N. Security Council, as it confronts the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran and plays an important role in an expanding global war against terrorism. As an experienced veteran of three U.S. administrations, Bolton would bring to New York a distinguished record as a diplomat and public servant, having served as Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs (where he oversaw U.S. participation in the U.N.), and Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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1. is that his task?

It seems to me they wanted bolton in there to perform a pretty specific task. I haven't been able to figure out what that task was though, I thought either manipulating evidence to make more war or to destroy evidence to cover this admins ass. After reading this article, I'm thinking it's more to coverup their involvement in the Food For Oil Scandal.

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2. Ian Williams of The Nation on Democracy Now yesterday had a

great comment on "all who support fundamental reform at the UN":

"The whole idea of the U.N. as a nest of corruption, I mean, this is something that his supporters have been whipping up there. The government that gave the world Enron, the government that took $8 billion of Oil-for-Food money and spent it in Iraq without being able to produce any accounts for it after two years, is not really in a position to go to the United Nations and say, ‘We can reform you.’ One of the points that they make is they’ve just appointed a new Republican supporter as head of administration at the U.N. For the last 15 years, the heads of the United Nations administration have been Americans appointed by the President. So, if we’ve had 15 years of corruption, this is under American direct presidential control. This is just something that they wave around to terrify the U.N. into doing what the American political sort of right wing wants."

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/02/1438219

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3. Which finger is it that we are suppose to hold up?

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4. Hey - I've figured out a use for all that duct tape

people bought to fight terrorism! Heritage Foundation, here I come!
:silly:

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5. Heritage Foundation is far right-wing, Scaife front even

Funded by Coors, Amway, and (of course) Richard Mellon Scaife.

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6. I know (somewhat) the former Media Director of The Heritage Foundation

I met him kind of tangentially during a series of real estate transactions, which (thankfully) he did not become a part of.

He is everything you can (negatively) envision - and he is also out of his fucking mind.

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7. Make careful note of the possible talking points here; you'll hear

them all next week, I'm guessing.

The Heriatge Foundation's Press Room is all you need to know about what is wrong with the MSM.

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8. Hell, the Heritage Foundation's Press Room IS the MSM n/t

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9. Precisely my point.

I've often thought it would be useful to get press credentials and see if we could get on their mailing lists, but I suspect they vette anyone who asks pretty rigidly.

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10. DIDn't the CIA bug other Nations rooms when UN meetings took place

Bolton’s appointment is a clear signal from the White House that cleaning up the U.N. is a priority issue. It is in the U.S. national interest for the U.N. to be an effective, accountable, and credible world body? -- Bush administration is a trip, they breaak/bend all the rules then state we need to straighten everyone else out??

A canadian once said to me, you americans and your freedom? --you consider freedom to be going to a 7-11 thats your freedom! the rest is all window dressing.

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11. I can't wait for Bolton to start beating the Iran war drums!!!

Figure it'll happen just as FITGERALD is ready to announce the indictments, what do you think??