Former UN Ambassador John Bolton Denounces Obama's Move to Lead Human Rights Council

[Median Democrat]

I guess the Republicans, Dick Cheney, and the other neocons are going to denounce the Obama administration for making us less safe, and not acting in a bipartisan manner again. It is amazing that these guys were calling the shots on U.S. foreign policy for the past eight years.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/02/obamas-seek-seat-human-rights-council-draws-fierce-criticism/

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"This is a surrender of American values unlike any other," said Anne Bayefsky, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. "The spectacle of this particular president legitimizing a lethal weapon for the defeat of human rights will haunt him until the end of his term."

Since its inception, the Human Rights Council has held 10 regular sessions concerning human rights worldwide and five special sessions to denounce Israel, including issuing resolutions over the Jewish state's recent incursions in Gaza and Lebanon that exclude any mention of the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

Meanwhile, it has dropped investigations into human rights abuses in a dozen countries, including Belarus, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia, said Bayefsky, who was one of the U.S. delegates to walk out of the U.N.'s 2001 racism conference in Durban, South Africa.

The Obama administration's move is a reversal of the Bush administration's decision in 2006 to isolate the U.N.'s chief rights body. It blasted the council for its "singular focus" on Israel, though the State Department supported the council financially during Bush's term.

The Geneva-based council was created in 2006 to replace the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, which was widely seen as ineffective. But the council has attracted the same criticism as its predecessor.

"We ought to be delegitimizing it by defunding it," John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said of the membership initiative. "It's a mistake. It's naive to the point of being dangerous."

Bolton, who served as U.S. ambassador under Bush, told FOXNews.com that the U.S. should continue to shun the council for its repeated attacks on Israel and its refusal to cite blatant rights abuses in places like Iran, Zimbabwe, Burma, Sudan and North Korea.

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[Richardo]

1. Bolton, you had your turn. Siddown and STFU.

[alsame]

4. I'll take it one step further - all members of the

Bush admin should STFU.

[indimuse]

8. +1

I have a *special* kinda hate/urrr for him!






knr!

[tomm2thumbs]

2. Yipeeeee - if that idiot is annoyed, we must be doing something right!! Keep it up!

[HopeOverFear]

3. if Bolton hates it, that's a good sign

GOBAMA!

[avaistheone1]

6. I have to agree with you on that.

Bolton is such a revoltng figure you know you are right to be on the opposite side of an argument than him.

[Cha]

5. "Blah Blah Blah" and

your breath stinks, bolton.

[Ikonoklast]

7. John Bolton continues to bat .000.

Amazing how one could live a life and be completely wrong every second of it.

[damntexdem]

9. Well, after all, Bolton belongs on a human wrongs council.

It's natural that he wants nothing to do with human rights.

[LeftishBrit]

10. You beat me to it!

[burning rain]

20. Good idea!

I can just see him and some character from Khartoum trying to sort out who's the rogue and pariah.

[LiberalFighter]

11. If Bolton really believes the spew from his moustach he should run for President.

[uponit7771]

12. If ugly mustache dude hates it then it must be a good thing

[firefox28]

13. Why was he let in?

Why are there such clauses such as "recess appointments" to let idiots like Bolton into positions?

[Barack_America]

14. Whatever, Bolton. You're irrelevant. nt

[11 Bravo]

15. There can be no clearer indication that one is doing the right thing ...

than to have a douchebag like John Bolton disagree with the action.

[geek tragedy]

16. John Bolton and ZOA both can't be wrong!!!! n/t

[ericgtr]

17. Bolton is a fucking nut case, Stewart ripped him a new asshole on the daily show

and exposed that crazy fucker for who he is.

[jillan]

18. For the first time in a really long time, the world leaders seem happy and are willing to work

together. That alone will bring more peace and unity across the world


SO SHUT THE FUCK UP BOLTON!

[PBS Poll-435]

19. When I look into John Bolton's eyes, I see three letters:

WTF

[lunatica]

21. Did you miss your cue to go through the exit door Bolton?

Did anyone even look in your direction as if they cared a wit about what you have to say? Get a clue. Go eat worms because no one likes you.