Heck of a job, Bolty!

I have found a new ‘Michael Brown’ in the current Bush administration. It is John Bolton, the United Nations Ambassador. He is proving to be a disaster. He meddles in everything U.N. does with the philosophy that U.N. is a servant (or bitch?) of USA. He is contemptuous of U.N. officers, and does not miss an opportunity to threaten or insult them. Bolton has been a long time critic of the institution of U.N., and is notorious for his mean spirited ways. Can such a person qualify for a job which requires an appreciation of the concept and goals of United Nations, and diplomacy to work with its members? U.S. Senate did not think so, and refused to confirm his nomination. So, President Bush went around the whole confirmation process by appointing Bolton as the ‘Recess Ambassador’ when Congress took its summer recess in 2005! This meant that Bolton could hold on to his Ambassadorship until the newly elected Senate convenes in January 2007. As feared, like 'a bull in a china shop’ Bolton continues to do damage in the U.N. I am disgusted.