Bolton to Tame UN
Secretary of State Rice announced Bolton's posting as Ambassador to the UN today:Now, more than ever, the UN must play a critical role as it strives to fulfill the dreams and hopes and aspirations of its original promise to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to reaffirm faith and fundamental human rights and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom. President Bush has sent our most skilled and experienced diplomats to represent the United States at the UN. Today, I am honored to continue that tradition by announcing that President Bush intends to nominate John Bolton to be our next Ambassador to the United Nations.Little Red Blog has an excellent post on the story and approves of the choice.The President and I have asked John to do this work because he knows how to get things done. He is a tough-minded diplomat, he has a strong record of success and he has a proven track record of effective multilateralism.
Ankle Biting Pundits has a few quotes from Bolton that they like.
Junk Yard Blog also approves and predicts that Democrats will fight the nomination.
As for me, I just take a look at who disapproves by checking out how Bolton is referred to in the headlines. The BBC ("hardline UN envoy"), WaPo ("critic of UN"), UPI ("longtime hawk"), AP ("hard-liner") and Reuters ("UN Critic").
Surprisingly, the NY Times just refers to him as "weapons expert" although the Euro-ized version International Herald Tribune poetically calls him "a hawkish skeptic".
Overall, I'd say this guy sounds just about right to me. He hates the International Criminal Court and is sure to stand against any international taxes or gun-grabbing measures.
Also, the Command Post notes that North Korea called Bolten "human scum" and claims that he "promises to be the most ideologically straightforward and hawkish ambassador since Jeanne Kirkpatrick."
Michelle Malkin has a roundup of her own.
Update: Heh! The Opinion Journal says Bolton is "Tough Love for the U.N."
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posted 7 March 05
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