Saturday, June 17, 2006

Stunned, Bolton was dumbfounded

* this via rimone:
"..In what was rapidly becoming (Bolton's) interrogation, a woman from America questioned Bolton about the need for a balanced approach where America would represent the best interests of the world at large rather than its own particular regional self-interest. At that point, Bolton fumbled. In a clumsy and misguided attempt to turn the tables on his adroit and incisive challengers, Bolton threw out a question of his own. He called for a show of hands of those in the audience who were British. Bolton then asked how many of them wanted the British Ambassador at the UN to represent the interests of Britain. Only one or two hands were raised. Then he asked to see a show of hands of those British subjects who wanted the British Ambassador at the UN to represent not only the interests of Britain but also the collective interests of the other members as well. At least a dozen hands went up into the air. Stunned, Bolton was dumbfounded and said rather witlessly, “I would have gotten a different result in America.”"
and
Bolton reiterated the official White House line (on Iran): the situation remains under negotiation but volatile. Either Iran will acquiesce to the demands placed upon it, or it will face dire consequences including military intervention. Leaving no doubt that Bush and Bolton propose unilateral action, Bolton confirmed that Iran would be a test case to determine whether the UN Security Council could be effective in the war against terrorism.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

those Oxford students showed more brains and balls than most Democratic party members--AFAIC, this only proves that if these chickenshits (e.g., the pretzel-choker and the rest of the cheneys, corporate journos et al.) are challenged, they'll run screaming from the room.

why is this so hard for the Democratic party to understand? (kind of a rhetorical question).

lukery said...

rhetorical answer:
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh