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John Bolton: ‘Obama Is Too Smart, Too Sophisticated, And Too Nuanced To Believe In Victory In Libya’

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Former Ambassador to the UN John Bolton appeared with Sean Hannity last night and may have a strange problem on his hands in case he decides to run for the Republican nomination for President. Unlike most politicians who backpedal from statements that can be overly inflammatory, Bolton might regret saying something many would interpret to be a compliment to President Obama.

After watching the entire interview, it is abundantly clear that Bolton thinks the effort in Libya now represents “the failure of the Obama administration to understand what its goals are or how to get there” and even suggests “the Constitution doesn’t bar incompetence, which is what we have here.” And in case anyone doubts Bolton’s true feelings, he slams Obama for his “haphazard” decision-making, his failure to outline a clear objective, and his inability to get agreement between our allies regarding what we are supposed to achieve. Then Bolton really lays into Obama saying “the President is too smart, too sophisticated, and too nuanced to believe in victory. He believes in something else.”

Is that last statement really intended to be a criticism of Obama? Would Bolton prefer a President who is not smart, unsophisticated and sees the world simply in black and white? Recently, likely Republican candidate for President Mitt Romney also derisively used the term “nuanced” to describe Obama. There is very legitimate criticism to be heard about Obama’s strategy in Libya, but to fault him for trying to “think” about all the alternatives seems absurd.

Instead, Bolton makes much more sense on the more specific question of whether Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should be removed from power. Bolton says, “I’m very worried that unless the display of military power we’ve seen so far pushes Gaddafi out of the country, that we can be in for a long, long slog here.” Without defining victory and forcefully pursuing it, Obama might effectively keep the conflict ongoing, which is a very legitimate and convincing critique Bolton raises. However, Bolton’s argument that part of the problem is because the President is smart, sophisticated and nuanced seems to ignore the fact that an absence of such characteristics in a leader are likely to lead to far worse problems.

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  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    The Applebee’s assistant manager speaks again.

    BTW: Thanks for that line, JS.

  • kvon

    To hear “so called international coalition” from Sean Hannity makes me think I’m in bizzaro world.

    Oh, wait, this is Fox…oooookay…

  • WCinWI

    kvon said:
    To hear “so called international coalition” from Sean Hannity makes me think I’m in bizzaro world.

    Oh, wait, this is Fox…oooookay…

    You make no sense.

  • screwauger

    Sorry Matt, I think you missed the entire point of the “nuance.” Mr. Bolton is implying (and rightly so) ulterior motives on the part of the smaaht, sophisticated O-BOMB-A.
    It’s clever speak for the fact he wants to see the birth certificate along with Trump hahahahahaha
    I LOVE THIS

  • skyfet

    Backhand compliment from the gun blazing, blow everyone up Bolton. I’m surprised he doesn’t want to blow the Libyans to oblivion.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    3 adjectives never used to describe Michael’s brother John.

  • Bill Huggins

    Soooo, you’d have to be stupid to believe in victory there?

  • WCinWI

    skyfet said:
    Backhand compliment from the gun blazing, blow everyone up Bolton. I’m surprised he doesn’t want to blow the Libyans to oblivion.

    You don’t get that Bolton isn’t “complimenting” Obama. Someone shouldn’t talk about people being idiots.

  • Colorado_Conservative

    Why do people have such a hard time understanding the Obama underground doctrine?
    He does not want to be seen as the victor against any Muslim Country. That would be bad for his ultimate goal of becoming the Worlds President and he will need Muslims to love him in order to achieve that goal.
    He does not believe in American exceptionalism. He is not looking out for Americas best interest.
    He is bankrupting this Country by design in order for him to succeed.
    He said himself “No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed.”

    It is very easy to see what his true intentions are to those who aren’t Obama zombies.

  • Paul G

    If ANY republican who thinks they are gonna win in 2012, and DOESN’T pick Bolton to replace Hillary…is NOT gonna get my vote.

  • skyfet

    WCinWI said:
    You don’t get that Bolton isn’t “complimenting” Obama. Someone shouldn’t talk about people being idiots.

    You don’t get the back hand compliment idiom. Someone needs to learn before replying to something they have no idea about.

  • Barack Must Go

    Yeah, and if you truly believe those words could possibly be conceived as a compliment, ” You Might Be A Left Wing Bomb Thrower “.

    Barack is too smart ( slick ) for his own, as well as America’s good ‘.

    Barack is too sophisticated, but only in that phoney , Grey Pupoun sort of a way.

    and, Barack is way, way too nuanced in a lame ” We Are The World “, can’t play kickball, think of the fat kids, un American sort of way.

    All of these things combined make it virtually impossible, in his teeny, tiny, myopic view of the world to permit the United States of America, under his stewardship, to do the right thing and remove Libya’s crazy gadfly from power. Not because it’s not the right thing to do, but rather because China, Russia and a handful of islamic terrorist regimes said not to.

    In my opinion, it’s less incompetence ( I said less ) and more insubordination.

  • skyfet

    WCinWI said:
    You don’t get that Bolton isn’t “complimenting” Obama. Someone shouldn’t talk about people being idiots.

    All you need to do is grab a dictionary or just Google. Here you go, read:

    A backhanded compliment, also known as a left handed compliment, or asteism is an insult that is disguised as a compliment.

    Capiche!

    Please, be careful next time and don’t let me embarrass you.

    You are welcome.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Barack Must Go said:
    Grey Pupoun

    Try Grey Poupon.

    Paul G said:
    If ANY republican who thinks they are gonna win in 2012, and DOESN’T pick Bolton to replace Hillary…is NOT gonna get my vote.

    Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind.

  • Steve_27

    Colorado_Conservative said:
    Why do people have such a hard time understanding the Obama underground doctrine?He does not want to be seen as the victor against any Muslim Country. That would be bad for his ultimate goal of becoming the Worlds President and he will need Muslims to love him in order to achieve that goal.He does not believe in American exceptionalism. He is not looking out for Americas best interest.He is bankrupting this Country by design in order for him to succeed.He said himself “No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed.” It is very easy to see what his true intentions are to those who aren’t Obama zombies.

    Short, simple, brilliant, full of facts. Thank you.

  • jo hoochie

    Colorado_Conservative says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    Why do people have such a hard time understanding the Obama underground doctrine?
    He does not want to be seen as the victor against any Muslim Country. That would be bad for his ultimate goal of becoming the Worlds President and he will need Muslims to love him in order to achieve that goal.
    He does not believe in American exceptionalism. He is not looking out for Americas best interest.
    He is bankrupting this Country by design in order for him to succeed.
    He said himself “No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed.”

    Colorado_Conservative said:
    true intentions are to those who aren’t Obama zombies.

    True intentions of the far left ARE to have ALL American’s and beyond to become Obama zombies.

  • Steve_27

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind.

    Who are you kidding? It doesn’t involve you, it’s none of your business.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Steve_27 said:
    Short, simple, brilliant, full of facts. Thank you.

    Facts and opinions are interchangeable now, unfortunately. You’re an idiot, and while that’s probably a fact, technically it’s just an opinion. Please learn the difference.

  • Paul G

    I find it funny (if it WAS funny) how the libs(LSM) are just contorting themselves to prop up and excuse this excuse for a president that THEY chose….

  • skyfet

    Barack Must Go said:
    Yeah, and if you truly believe those words could possibly be conceived as a compliment, ” You Might Be A Left Wing Bomb Thrower “.

    Barack is too smart ( slick ) for his own, as well as America’s good ‘.

    Barack is too sophisticated, but only in that phoney , Grey Pupoun sort of a way.

    and, Barack is way, way too nuanced in a lame ” We Are The World “, can’t play kickball, think of the fat kids, un American sort of way.

    All of these things combined make it virtually impossible, in his teeny, tiny, myopic view of the world to permit the United States of America, under his stewardship, to do the right thing and remove Libya’s crazy gadfly from power. Not because it’s not the right thing to do, but rather because China, Russia and a handful of islamic terrorist regimes said not to.

    In my opinion, it’s less incompetence ( I said less ) and more insubordination.

    Another one who have not heard of the term “Backhanded compliment”.

    You guys can thank me later for introducing you to it.

  • CosmosDan

    skyfet said:
    Please, be careful next time and don’t let me embarrass you.

    You are welcome.

    Tastefully done sir. Always the gentleman.

  • CosmosDan

    Colorado_Conservative said:
    Why do people have such a hard time understanding the Obama underground doctrine?
    He does not want to be seen as the victor against any Muslim Country. That would be bad for his ultimate goal of becoming the Worlds President and he will need Muslims to love him in order to achieve that goal.
    He does not believe in American exceptionalism. He is not looking out for Americas best interest.
    He is bankrupting this Country by design in order for him to succeed.
    He said himself “No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed.”

    It is very easy to see what his true intentions are to those who aren’t Obama zombies.

    I had my doubts, but after checking with my Tea Leaves, Chicken bones, and Ouija board I think you are correct. Thanks Kreskin. John Edward is a punk.

  • Pablo

    Bill Huggins said:
    Soooo, you’d have to be stupid to believe in victory there?

    Tell me what victory over there is and we can talk about it. Until then it would be stupid to believe in something you can’t even define.

  • CosmosDan

    Is it Loony Toons week on Hannity already? I love Yosemite Sam. Who’s on tonight?

  • Barack Must Go

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Try Grey Poupon. Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind.

    I did try it once, didn’t care for it, but thank you just the same.

  • Barack Must Go

    skyfet said:
    Yeah, and if you truly believe those words could possibly be conceived as a compliment

    Oh, Bolton was deliberately using the back of his hand, though your contention his words were actually a compliment, could not be further from the truth.

    Let me introduce YOU to a new word ‘ facetious ‘. Look it up when you have the time.

    Ditto on the ‘ you can thank me later ‘ thingy.

  • Steve_27

    Publius219 said:
    Facts and opinions are interchangeable now, unfortunately. You’re an idiot, and while that’s probably a fact, technically it’s just an opinion. Please learn the difference.

    Short and simple: Self explanitory.

    Brilliant: My opinion.

    Full of facts:

    Fact 1, “He is bankrupting this country by design in order for him to succeed.”
    Fact 2, “He does not believe in American exceptionalism.”
    Fact 3, “No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed.”

    Not only is he open about it but this thinking is basic liberal mind set 101. How can you not see what an idiot you look like trying to argue this? But thanks for playing, a little bitch slap to a liberal always makes my day.

    Love, Steve XOXO

  • screwauger

    It gets better every day and each day, by the minute. With the Left going apesh*t over the new Kinetic Military blah blah blah, it must get very hard to come here and defend this buffoon!
    But yet, you liberal fools would jump at the talking points even if it meant your own kin had to be sacrificed to achieve the ends. Socialism is dead in America….the silent majority will crush you libs and your union hacks.

  • Brainstem

    Then Bolton really lays into Obama saying “the President is too smart, too sophisticated, and too nuanced to believe in victory. He believes in something else.”

    You don’t get irony!

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Barack Must Go said:
    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Try Grey Poupon. Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind.

    I did try it once, didn’t care for it, but thank you just the same.

    I’m with you there. Pommery Moutard de Meaux is vastly superior for spreading and Edmond Fallot for cooking.

  • BruinAlum77

    Pablo said:
    Tell me what victory over there is and we can talk about it. Until then it would be stupid to believe in something you can’t even define.

    The only rational post in the entire thread. Bravo.

    Thanks for being the only conservative/libertarian/independent/whatever who is not talking about world orders, zombies, liberal/socialist/communist/fascist/nazi anti-Americans, secret agendas, mind reading, and all the other bat sh*t crazy birther lunacy coming from the trolls and right wing media sources.

    I think it is really noticeable, and maybe a sign of a breaking down of partisan blindness that we have Gingrich, Kucinich and Ron Paul attacking the President for going into Libya, while Bill O’Reilly and Howard Dean support the president’s actions. And then there are people like Pat Buchanan and I’m sure a couple of moderates who support the no-fly zone, but attack the president for not getting Congressional approval.

    Because of the wide range of unknown variables, the situation is way too complicated for anyone to figure out. Our best bet would be to keep our own troops out and only have to destroy whatever tanks or missile launchers that show up to kill innocents. Hopefully, the French and British will have enough resources to do it, now that we have done most of the heavy lifting.

    I don’t think this will be as neat as Bosnia, where UN forces actually moved into the area to stabilize it. If Gaddafi goes, we don’t know what kind of power will fill that vacuum. However, iif we don’t get sucked in with our soldiers, at least it won’t become the cluster f*ck that Iraq was.

    No matter what happens, the only sure thing is that Obama will be attacked for what he did do, or didn’t do, and the way he did/didn’t do it. It’s just goes with the job.

  • Alz

    Libya is a distraction (for us) while the Obama’s people and Soros work out more details on how to destroy our system: http://www.mrc.org/bmi/commentary/2011/Unreported_Soros_Event_Aims_to_Remake_Entire_Global_Economy.html

  • Alz

    BruinAlum77 said:
    The only rational post in the entire thread. Bravo.

    Thanks for being the only conservative/libertarian/independent/whatever who is not talking about world orders, zombies, liberal/socialist/communist/fascist/nazi anti-Americans, secret agendas, mind reading, and all the other bat sh*t crazy birther lunacy coming from the trolls and right wing media sources.

    I think it is really noticeable, and maybe a sign of a breaking down of partisan blindness that we have Gingrich, Kucinich and Ron Paul attacking the President for going into Libya, while Bill O’Reilly and Howard Dean support the president’s actions. And then there are people like Pat Buchanan and I’m sure a couple of moderates who support the no-fly zone, but attack the president for not getting Congressional approval.

    Because of the wide range of unknown variables, the situation is way too complicated for anyone to figure out. Our best bet would be to keep our own troops out and only have to destroy whatever tanks or missile launchers that show up to kill innocents. Hopefully, the French and British will have enough resources to do it, now that we have done most of the heavy lifting.

    I don’t think this will be as neat as Bosnia, where UN forces actually moved into the area to stabilize it. If Gaddafi goes, we don’t know what kind of power will fill that vacuum. However, iif we don’t get sucked in with our soldiers, at least it won’t become the cluster f*ck that Iraq was.

    No matter what happens, the only sure thing is that Obama will be attacked for what he did do, or didn’t do, and the way he did/didn’t do it. It’s just goes with the job.

    Obama has no plan. Gates dais as much when he admitted that we’re flying by the seat of our pants. “”We haven’t done something like this, kind of on the fly before,” Gates said. “So it’s not surprising to me that it would take a few days to get it sorted out.”"

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110322/ap_on_re_eu/eu_us_gates_russia

  • murphy0071

    John Bolton was the worst UN Ambassador in the history of the United States of America. He is a liar and a joke. To believe anything he has to say is to believe that Republicans care about Americans.

  • Alz

    murphy0071 said:
    John Bolton was the worst UN Ambassador in the history of the United States of America. He is a liar and a joke. To believe anything he has to say is to believe that Republicans care about Americans.

    Actually, he did a great job. I’m wondering what you are talking about?

  • Garth

    screwauger said:
    It gets better every day and each day, by the minute. With the Left going apesh*t over the new Kinetic Military blah blah blah, it must get very hard to come here and defend this buffoon!
    But yet, you liberal fools would jump at the talking points even if it meant your own kin had to be sacrificed to achieve the ends. Socialism is dead in America….the silent majority will crush you libs and your union hacks.

    LMAO!!

  • BruinAlum77

    Alz said:
    Libya is a distraction (for us) while the Obama’s people and Soros work out more details on how to destroy our system: http://www.mrc.org/bmi/commentary/2011/Unreported_Soros_Event_Aims_to_Remake_Entire_Global_Economy.html

    First, nowhere in your link or any of the articles linked to it says a word about Obama, so that’s just a residual of the right wing echo chamber just bouncing around inside your brain. If you’ve got one single piece of hard evidence to support you opinion that Obama is in cahoots with Soros, please show it.

    Second, if you read Soros’ original article from your link, you might be surprised, because part of what he says sounds a lot like tea party rhetoric:

    “…establish new international rules, including TREATMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CONSIDERED TOO BIG TO FAIL and the role of capital controls.”

    He also advocates giving a larger role to major economic powers like China so they will have more motivation to work with everyone else and abide by the rules. Do you think this might reduce the amount of poisonous or dangerous crap they sell on the international market?

    So, when you talk about him destroying our system, you need to explain your premise and give some evidence to back up your story. Otherwise, stop regurgitating this new world order/George Soros is the devil bullsh*t.

    Alz said:
    Obama has no plan.

    The fact that they are doing something new and trying to figure out the best course of action shows that they are thinking and negotiating.

    Isn’t that better than our last administration which lied its ass off to start a war, making ridiculous claims about the war’s cost and duration, and then having no idea about the political consequences resulting from the invasion. It was easy for Bush, Cheney & Rumsfeld to say no one could have foreseen things like the ethnic strife, the suppression of womens’ rights, the infiltration of Al Qaeda elements, and the emigration of large parts of the population to other countries.

    The reality is, anyone who studies history would have anticipated those difficulties. Winston Churchill wrote about it in the 1920′s, when he was stationed in iraq, telling the British there was no way they could cobble a country together with three disparate ethnic and religious groups in Iraq.

    Now, do you have any idea what will happen with Libya? Do you have a plan? Please share it with us and if it’s good, we’ll contact the White House immediately.

    P.S.: Name one thing that John Bolton did as Ambassador to the UN that actually helped this country. Just one thing.

  • BruinAlum77

    Addendum:

    According to Soros in that linked article: http://tinyurl.com/6eqnwe9

    “the rest of the world will never subordinate its freedom to the prosperity of the Chinese state.

    As China becomes a world leader, it must transform itself into a more open society that the rest of the world is willing to accept as a world leader.”

    It sure sounds like Soros wants China to become more open and democratic. Is this a problem for all you conservative trolls?

  • Nationman

    This is the most hilarious part about conservative opinion of obama, One second he’s this all seeing, all plotting meglomaniac the next he’s some ineffectual moron. Come on now, which is it?

  • skyfet

    Barack Must Go said:
    Oh, Bolton was deliberately using the back of his hand, though your contention his words were actually a compliment, could not be further from the truth.

    Let me introduce YOU to a new word ‘ facetious ‘. Look it up when you have the time.

    Ditto on the ‘ you can thank me later ‘ thingy.

    Keep digging, lol. You could have just moved on, but your pride wouldn’t let you. You clearly criticized me for using the idiomatic expression.

    You are welcome.

  • Nationman

    Alz said:
    Actually, he did a great job. I’m wondering what you are talking about?

    What is he talking about? lol http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-04-12-bolton_x.htm

  • Nationman

    Steve_27 said:
    Short and simple: Self explanitory.

    Brilliant: My opinion.

    Full of facts:

    Fact 1, “He is bankrupting this country by design in order for him to succeed.”
    Fact 2, “He does not believe in American exceptionalism.”
    Fact 3, “No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed.”

    Not only is he open about it but this thinking is basic liberal mind set 101. How can you not see what an idiot you look like trying to argue this? But thanks for playing, a little bitch slap to a liberal always makes my day.

    Love, Steve XOXO

    All of those things are still opinion. Nice try you should stay in your land of make believe though.

  • X-3

    Bill Huggins said:
    Soooo, you’d have to be stupid to believe in victory there?

    You are correct but you don’t know why you’re correct. There is not supposed to be a “victory” in the classical sense for those enforcing the no-fly zone in Libya; the mission is merely to establish enough order to get the oil flowing again into France and England.

    The United States has NO MISSION in Libya; Libya does NOT pose a threat to ANY interest of the United States, therefore, we are not in defense mode.

    To make matters worse, there is NO EXIT STRATEGY for US forces, but that’s not the real reason why we should be worried: when Gaddafi makes his exit with his $40 BILLION that he has squirreled away, there is no plan to enable or facilitate the establishment of a reasonable government–there is only the Muslim Brotherhood who are poised to step in and set up yet another Muslim regime that will continue to keep the people of Libya under a different boot.

    Meanwhile, the US is piddling away more of its treasure (did you know that the F-15 we lost costs more than a BILLION dollars, and Tomahawk missiles are $1,000,000 a pop?) to “rescue” people who will, in six months time, be spitting on and burning US flags. And we get not one stinking drop of oil out of the deal–not ONE! (How much oil has Iraq paid us in return for our sacrificing our best and brightest–along with maybe a TRILLION dollars from the taxpayers–to pull their lousy asses out of the fire?)

    And, to add further insult, our Traitor in Chief is telling our one staunch ally in the Middle East–Israel–that they’re now on their own and we are in turn supporting the Palestinians.

    From where I’m viewing this debacle, the people of the US have to be STUPID to not see and understand what is happening–the US is being bankrupted and we’re losing AMERICANS so the carnage can not just go on but spread. Even John Bolton, who is nobody’s fool, hasn’t made this point.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Alz said:
    Actually, he did a great job. I’m wondering what you are talking about?

    The great “Blow ten stories off the UN” Ambassodor Bolton? HE was never confirmed. W snuck him in under cover of night. The man made Capt. Kangaroo get out of his grave and shave.

  • X-3

    And now we learn US troops have invaded Libya. So much for the “no-fly zone” lie.

  • Alz

    BruinAlum77 said:
    Addendum:

    According to Soros in that linked article: http://tinyurl.com/6eqnwe9

    “the rest of the world will never subordinate its freedom to the prosperity of the Chinese state.

    As China becomes a world leader, it must transform itself into a more open society that the rest of the world is willing to accept as a world leader.”

    It sure sounds like Soros wants China to become more open and democratic. Is this a problem for all you conservative trolls?

    Soros’s definition of “open” is control. He doesn’t mean “democratic” as most people would think about it.

    Soros wants one world government that people like him control as he thinks he knows what’s best for people. This is how the liberal mind works. Likewise, the Liberal drones seem to gravitate to giving up their freedom to an all-powerful 9and super benevolent) government.

  • Alz

    Nationman said:
    What is he talking about? lol http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-04-12-bolton_x.htm

    Bolton is/was Conservative and not afraid to express it. To liberals, it’s like a male Sarah Palin – so they work to do whatever is necessary to UNDERMINE the person. Just like they do with everyone that doesn’t march along with the Left.

    As for Bolton’s successes, he did a good job of pointing out how useless the UN is. Do some research. The Un sounds good when you are 12, but then you see how it operates and one realizes that it could never work and would be filled with corruption.

    1) For example, Libya was supposed to get a humanitarian award from the Human Rights Committee.
    2) When the Sudanese were genociding in Darfur, the same Human Rights committee put Sudan ON the committee.
    3) Unbelievably, the UN put Iran on the Women’s Rights group!

    I can’t think of much of substance that the UN does other than some of the humanitarian efforts. Bolton knew this and tried to deal within this terribly corrupt system.

  • Steve_27

    Nationman said:
    All of those things are still opinion. Nice try you should stay in your land of make believe though.

    Not just stupid and wrong, but stubborn too. No Nation, they are facts.

  • glenn113

    Whenever I hear Bolton comment on anything about about war this is the first thing that comes to mind: http://www.nhgazette.com/display/?id=15

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  • Nationman

    Steve_27 said:
    Not just stupid and wrong, but stubborn too. No Nation, they are facts.

    yes because you can easily prove all of them through objective means. A fact is a number or actually things that people say, you are interpretating what he says through your own subjective opinion. That’s opinion.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bob-Hubble/100001340708758 caconservative

    I think Mr.Bolton is giving Obimbo way too much credit. Obviously, he was duped into entry this conflict by France. I’ll bet, Pres.Sarkozy is laughing his butt off at just how naive Obimbo is.

  • Nationman

    Alz said:
    Bolton is/was Conservative and not afraid to express it. To liberals, it’s like a male Sarah Palin – so they work to do whatever is necessary to UNDERMINE the person. Just like they do with everyone that doesn’t march along with the Left. As for Bolton’s successes, he did a good job of pointing out how useless the UN is. Do some research. The Un sounds good when you are 12, but then you see how it operates and one realizes that it could never work and would be filled with corruption. 1) For example, Libya was supposed to get a humanitarian award from the Human Rights Committee.2) When the Sudanese were genociding in Darfur, the same Human Rights committee put Sudan ON the committee.3) Unbelievably, the UN put Iran on the Women’s Rights group! I can’t think of much of substance that the UN does other than some of the humanitarian efforts. Bolton knew this and tried to deal within this terribly corrupt system.

    All I saw him do was attempt to justify going to iraq through fake evidence. It’s also good that you ignored this part of the article: Carl Ford, who headed the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) in the State Department from 2001-2003, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that nominee John Bolton is “a serial abuser” of subordinates who berated an analyst and sought to have him fired in 2002 because he disagreed with Bolton’s assessment that Cuba has a biological weapons program.

    Also he blocked vital information from reaching his superiors: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61304-2005Apr17.html
    Bolton wasn’t put in to a position of power for diplomatic reasons, he was put their as a snub to the united nations. It was basically telling the world that you’re awful we’re awesome, no diplomacy just our way.

  • Alz

    Nationman said:
    All I saw him do was attempt to justify going to iraq through fake evidence. It’s also good that you ignored this part of the article: Carl Ford, who headed the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) in the State Department from 2001-2003, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that nominee John Bolton is “a serial abuser” of subordinates who berated an analyst and sought to have him fired in 2002 because he disagreed with Bolton’s assessment that Cuba has a biological weapons program.

    Also he blocked vital information from reaching his superiors: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61304-2005Apr17.html
    Bolton wasn’t put in to a position of power for diplomatic reasons, he was put their as a snub to the united nations. It was basically telling the world that you’re awful we’re awesome, no diplomacy just our way.

    This “a serial abuser” charge is interesting. What do you think about how Clinton abused subordinates – as in women?

    I always find liberals so interesting. You guys make charges in order to destroy people so it’s very hard to take you guys (and your proxies in the media) seriously.

    As I read what you wrote about Carl Ford, he gives one example that doesn’t seem out of line. If you have ever had to fire someone, there certainly may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, but it’s usually an accumulation of problems. Would Carl Ford know about any more?

    From what i have seen, Bolton is competent, smart and conservative. That’s a problem for liberals so they work to destroy the person.

    is the how liberals perform their character assassination really a bigger issue? Yes it is.

  • glenn113

    Whenever I hear Bolton say anything about war I can’t help be laugh at this piece:http://www.nhgazette.com/display/?id=15

  • glenn113

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