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Originally Posted by alansmithee
...I think Bolton was the right person to show just how little the current administration thinks about the UN. He would treat it like the joke it is.
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To the contray, the Bolton nomination shows that Bush wants to actually get something done through the UN. When the stakes are high, I think we are better served by a diplomat who is feared than by one who is loved.
Other posters have shown a level of naivety when it comes to understanding what prevents war. The fact of the matter is -fear- is the number one reason why an aggressive county avoids war. To prevent aggressive countries from making war, you need a guy who can go in and not so subtly let them know that the consequences of aggressive action or war is too high. When you have diplomats, who went to diplomat school, and read diplomat books, taught by wanna be diplomats in ivory towers, you get diplomats who are loved and get laughed at behind their backs.
If Bush wanted to treat the UN like a joke, he would have nominated someone like Jimmy Carter. I think Bush has a clearer understanding of what is at risk than he gets credit for. It appears that the Democratic Party is in a fog and still wants to play political games, including sending the message to the world that we won't stand strong in the UN and in our reslove against aggresive countries. This too me, right now is one of the biggest issues that will have the biggest impact on bringing peace to the Middle East. Our enemy is celebrating Bush's defeat, now they want further evidence of our weakening resolve. The Democratic Party needs to step up and send the right message to our enemy, they need to confirm Bolton even if they don't like his mustache.