"…John Bolton's job is to destroy the UN..."

[kskiska]

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James Wolcott

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…"A high level source, a NeoCon at that, within the system has said to me directly that John Bolton's job is to destroy the UN..."

Sounds a bit overheated, but the invaluable Steve Clemons who has waged a noble campaign against Bolton at The Washingon Note has come to the same stark conclusion:

"Now that we know that Frank Gaffney, David Frum, Gary Bauer, and others at ConfirmBolton.com are worried about North Korea and Iran -- what is their strategy -- other than sending Bolton to the U.N.?

"The fact is that they have no strategy -- that is apparent to TWN yet -- on how to credibly confront and/or preempt the further creep of North Korea's and Iran's nuclear pretensions.

"Their goal is to focus on blowing up the United Nations by using North Korea and Iran confrontations that run the risk of yet again dividing the U.S. and Europe.

"Their goal is not to look at the combination of policy initiatives, including efforts at the U.N., to deal with the substantive threats posed by North Korea and Iran.

"It's all about kicking apart the United Nations, reformed or not."

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http://jameswolcott.com/

[peacetalksforall]

1. Absolutely. Destroy or make in ineffective. It will backfire. All they

have to do is move it to Europe or Asia and exclude the U.S......then we'll see U.S. imperialism isolated and with a bigger spotlight on our administrations' goals and objectives. Center front ...lights ...camera. action. OK Cheney, bring him on.

But better than that...chain Bolton to a chair somewhere without a phone and let the UN live.

[indepat]

2. The UN is just one in a long line of neocon destruction

[Demeter]

3. The End Result Will Be....

another Numemburg trial, the complete decapitation of the GOP, corporations will be closely regulated and their CEO salaries capped, and we might even get a national health care plan. Trying to take the UN down now, when they have made great strides in UN strength and prestige while Bush has destroyed US strength, prestige and credibility, is a really dumb move. But it wouldn't be PNAC otherwise, would it?

[cobaindrain]

4. not surprising

Considering the UN has been a target of the Bush Cabal since there opposition of the Iraq War. Out thuggish administration likes to pretend that the UN is the problem all along, real reform is needed there blah blah blah...none of it true. Bolton will just be another antagonist trying to stir up trouble

[CatholicEdHead]

5. Getting rid of the UN has been part of the TX GOP platform for a while

going back decades. There is just fertile ground at national levels for this idology to come to where it is now.