Daily Ramblings:
Day Of The Locusts ...04/27/2005
05:51:07 pm
As the fight continues over whether President Bush
should have the right to have an ambassador to the
United Nations who agrees with him (albeit one who
has allegedly had harsh words with one or maybe even
two people in his life), the Democrats might want to
print out this column from the Tehran Times
- the better to persuade their fellow committee
members that it might unduly annoy a fully paid-up
member of the Axis of Evil were Bolton to be
confirmed.
It's titled, "Wrong Man At The Wrong
Time":
His nomination appeared more
appalling since the Bush administration had
previously announced it planned to repair its
image, which had suffered greatly due to the
scandal-hit invasion of Iraq launched under the
guidance of hawks like Bolton and other officials
who Nelson Mandela once called the dinosaurs
surrounding Bush.
Certain revelations after his
nomination forced the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee to unexpectedly decide to spend a few
more weeks investigating allegations about his
bullying tactics against subordinates, attempts
to suppress opposing views about foreign policy
and national security, threats to a female
government contractor, and misleading the
committee about his handling of classified
materials. His record is so dark that even some
Republicans sitting on the committee are finding
his appointment hard to swallow.
His intimidation of
intelligence analysts has been confirmed by the
State Department and the Central Intelligence
Agency. For instance, Carl Ford, former chief of
the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, told the senators that Bolton is a
"serial abuser who bullied
subordinates… an 800-pound gorilla." He
said Bolton "abuses his power and authority
over little people." "He's a
quintessential kiss-up, kick-down sort of
guy." He accused Bolton of seeking the
dismissal of a State Department official with
whom he disagreed.
It's clear that U.S. administration hardliners
have badly misjudged the current Iranian regime. Not
only are they well disposed towards the United
States, with the desire to see our foreign policy
implemented as effectively as possible, but it
actually pains them to even think of innocent
American intelligence analysts being bullied by such
a monster as John Bolton.
The mustachioed hawk, who wants
to see his nightmare worldview translated into
reality, has repeatedly claimed that Iran is
seeking a nuclear weapons program, despite
announcements by the UN nuclear agency that it
has found no evidence indicating that Tehran has
a nuclear weapons program.
It only remains for Kim Jong-Il to weigh in on
Bolton's qualifications and character. Oh, I forgot -
the North Koreans already expressed their opinion on
Bush's nominee way back in August of 2003 (the Dear
Leader is clearly as prescient as his press would
indicate). After what was surely a lengthy analysis
of the record with regard to Bolton's personal style,
work ethic, and knowledge of the relevant issues, a
North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman opined that Mr. Bolton was
"human scum and [a] bloodsucker."
Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Barbara Boxer, Barack
Obama, John F. Kerry and the other Democratic members
of the Foreign Relations Committee are clearly not
too conflicted about furthering the good intentions
of our interested observers in the Iranian and North
Korean regimes.
Et tu, George Voinovich? Chuck Hagel?
I'm stuck for a Dylan quote, so I'll resort to Led
Zeppelin: "It really makes me wonder."
(Oh, and there are now1069 days remaining until
Sandy Berger can regain his security clearance.)
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