Tripping Up The Twits At Turtle Bay

This was why Pres. Bush recessed John Bolton. The following news story comes from the UK Telegraph, (Hat-Tip: Hugh Hewitt.) http://hughhewitt.com/archives/2005/08/21-week/index.php#a000139

America's controversial new ambassador to the United Nations is threatening to torpedo 12 months of negotiations on the reform of the organisation.

With only three weeks to go before world leaders arrive in New York to agree the deal, ambassador John Bolton has tabled at least 500 amendments.

In a letter to fellow UN ambassadors, Mr Bolton said the 38-page document might have to be ditched altogether and replaced with a far less detailed alternative. The letter, which was leaked yesterday, asks other ambassadors to remain "open to alternative formats if they help us achieve consensus".

Mr Bolton's intervention has greatly raised the stakes in the search for a deal. America is now effectively asking the world whether it wants a new deal, or no deal.

The agreement was negotiated by all UN members states, but its predictably UN tone seems to have angered the no-nonsense Mr Bolton, a former senior state department official.

Large sections would commit Washington to policies with which it profoundly disagrees. America is being asked to promise 0.7 per cent of its national income for foreign aid; acknowledge the role of the International Criminal Court, which it has not joined; and cut extreme poverty and introduce primary education for all children within 10 years.

America wants the UN to back fundamental reform of the organisation's management structure; to agree measures to fight terrorism and to abolish its human rights machinery.

The ambassador's intervention is precisely what his supporters wanted. American conservatives believe the UN is corrupt and unaccountable. Congress is currently examining a Bill that would cut off American funds unless the UN makes major changes.

Nile Gardiner, an analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said: "Bolton is sending a very clear message that the US is not going to go along with [the UN secretary general] Kofi Annan's definition of reform. Bolton is throwing down the gauntlet to the UN establishment."

And this is a gauntlet that is long overdue. The Left threw an absolute fit when the president recess appointed John Bolton, claiming he was too extreme. But based on this deal that the UN has constructed, Bolton had no choice but to oppose it. This deal does nothing to fix the problems at Turtle Bay. Rather it makes this nation bend over for them so they can screw us some more.

It’s bad enough we were screwed out of billions in the Oil-For-Food scandal, but now they want more. They want a mandatory tax from us, and they want us to recognize the ICC. These are not negotiable, and should be removed from the table. The UN isn’t happy we refused to pay our dues to the organization, however their work hasn’t improved.

I’m of the mind that the UN has long outlived it’s usefulness in the world. It no longer stands for peace in the world; that idea died long ago. Instead, this organization has turned to subjugating and occupying other nations. Look at the Congo. In contrast, look at how the UN turned it’s back on Rwanda and is doing so in Sudan and Zimbabwe. When it is something serious in the world, the UN decides that it shouldn’t be involved.

Bolton wants this deal nixed because you can’t deal with a cancer by throwing a band-aid on it. Bolton and Bush was serious reforms in this organization. If Kofi and his gang of thugs don’t want to agree to those, then there will be no deal. Step one on the list from the US should be Kofi Annan’s immediate resignation. Second should be a reform of the US Security Council. Third should be to relegate the UN to a humanitarian organization, and tight control over the money given to the organization for such measures.

The UN isn’t a government institution, and shouldn’t be treated as such. For eight years, the Clinton Administration gave this organization more credence than what it should have been given. It’s time for a change. And Bolton is doing it, much to the chagrin of the Left. I am sure it will not be long—a day or two, at the most—before the Left start whining that Bolton is being a meany-head at the UN. They’ll cry that he isn’t getting along with the other kids. He’s not there to play the go-along, get-along game. He’s there to represent the United States.

The age of criminality and cover-ups at the UN is over. We want everything laid bare for all to see so the people of the world can see just how irrelevant the UN is. The world needs to see how the UN has been doing business around the world with thugs and tyrants that they give legitimacy to. It’s time for the adults to step up, and lead. If those in the UN decide to stand in the way of true progress and reform, then they need to be run over.

And how telling is it that the Democrats continued to dawddle over Bolton? How long has our government known that the UN was putting this deal together? I’ll bet that they have known for quite awhile, and the Democrats didn’t want Bolton going to the UN to undermine this deal; a deal that they would approve of because it would force us to bow down to the UN even more than what we already do. We do not prostrate ourselves before this organization. As a matter of fact, were it not for us, the UN would have ceased to exist before it even got off the ground. Further, because of the Democrats and their obstruction of Bolton they should never be allowed to helm this nation again. It only goes to prove that they do not understand, nor do they care about the safety and national security of the country.

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