OMG Bolton is a TOTAL Embarrassment and Danger to this Country

[leftchick]

The term is Diplomacy! Not Bullying, Name Calling, and Condescension!!!! The man is totally insane! Between Bolton and Condi we are in serious trouble......

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f1d53fca-5c77-11db-9e7e-0000779e2340.html

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Her remarks that she was “quite certain” China would live up to its responsibilities countered an earlier statement by Wang Guangya, Chinese ambassador to the UN, who said China did not approve of inspecting cargo to and from North Korea and urged restraint from “provocative steps”.

John Bolton, the US ambassador to the UN, emphasised that China had a “heavy responsibility” to influence Pyongyang. In response to a question about China’s trade with North Korea, Mr Bolton said it would be “powerfully persuasive” if China moved to cut off food and energy supplies to its neighbour.

Mr Bolton also said on ABC’s This Week that the supposed nuclear test performed by North Korea last week “had to have been humiliating to China”.

“After all of the efforts they’ve made over the years to protect North Korea, for the North Koreans in the face of all that to test had to get quite a reaction in Beijing. And I think we’re still seeing that play out.”

...This Jackass has no clue! The test was humiliating to the U S A! The US made this happen. Or if you like, let it happen on purpose.

[Vincardog]

1. Excuse me, since Bolt On was not confirmed, and his recess appointment

is over and he has still not been confirmed. WTF is he doing in the UN?

[williesgirl]

3. * is going to do another "recess" appointment of Bolton per WP this

week. Recommended

[me b zola]

6. Thanks for that bit of info...

... I've been wondering why Bolton is still slithering around the UN. These b@st@rds just won't go away.

[valerief]

10. Yeah, they're the Herpes Administration. nt

[liberal N proud]

12. But he should not be biding for the US in the meantime.

I asked my wife this morning, why this criminal was still at the UN as he was not confirmed.

[Judi Lynn]

5. I heard that Bush will re-appoint him during THIS recess, as in deja vu,

all over again.

It's the first time I've ever heard of any President doing it.

The Senate wouldn't confirm him already, it's clear they will NOT confirm him. People don't like him: only _Bush and his ilk, as he gleefully does their hatchet work.

[flyarm]

7. BUT IF * RE-CONFIRMS HIM HE CAN NOT BE PAID BY "WE THE PEOPLE"

the money will have to come from elsewhere..

and does anyone know..won't it be temp and only through december or january??

that would mean if we have a dem congress he is history..

i am not sure of this is anyone else??

fly

[nam78_two]

2. Wait...why is he still there?

I thought he hasn't been confirmed and won't be...

Of course they will probably find someone even worse..as per usual :eyes:

[flyarm]

9. the only worse is Negroponte and he has already been there !

these two are the most evil people on earth..besides pissy pants and cheney! and Gonzo...

but * can recess him i believe but not be paid by the government..

is what i believe..

but i don't think pissy pants will do that before election...it would be too much a slap on this admin..

but i could be very wrong..

but i remember reading something about a second recess appointment not being paid by the uS government.

fly

[flyarm]

4. I THINK * LET THIS COME TO FRUITION TO GET BOLTON PASSED!

i HAVE FELT ALL ALONG THIS IS BEING PLAYED OUT because * wants to get Bolton confirmed...

now he can say..we need him in place now..no time for a change of personal...

hey the japanese said there was no radiation..so * fakes it..to get bolton confirmed...

these people are so damn EVIL!!!!!!!!!!

AND BOLTON IS VERY EVIL..MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THAT! ..and he is extremely DANGEROUS!

FLY

[Demit]

8. I think Rice and Bolton have no credibility in the eyes of the world.

They are huffing-and-puffing empty suits, the both of them. They are performing a meaningless charade and the world (and they, I bet) know it.

[Disturbed]

11. "if If China moved to cut off food and energy supplies

to its neighbour." Bolton

That has been the Busholini Regime Plan all along.

They want to starve the people of NK in order to bring about an NK colapse.

[teryang]

14. I think Bolton is looking to cause Japan to militarize

This comment reveals no appreciation for China or Russia's position. Cutting off food and energy means famine. Famine means forced dislocation of North Korea's population to China and Russia. This is exactly what they seek to avoid. The sanctions do not call for cutting off food and energy. South Korea delivers both as well.

Frankly, I expect the Chinese to ignore the sanctions. If the Japanese think they can stop Chinese ships on the high seas, they are just looking for trouble.

China should not have agreed to the resolution as written providing for interdiction, they obviously don't agree with it, but they have now sanctioned it. The US would have done it anyway.

The truth is that there is no effective way to interdict commerce passing through China or Russia. We couldn't stop it during the Vietnam war, how are we going to do it now?

I fully expect Kim to detonate a second device, if he has one. China may be motivated to try to remove Kim as a solution but such plots will only aggravate the instability in the area rather than relieve it.

[acmejack]

15. The people in NK have already been starved.

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North Korea, one of the world's most centrally planned and isolated economies, faces desperate economic conditions. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment and shortages of spare parts. Industrial and power output have declined in parallel. Despite an increased harvest in 2005 because of more stable weather conditions, fertilizer assistance from South Korea, and an extraordinary mobilization of the population to help with agricultural production, the nation has suffered its 11th year of food shortages because of on-going systemic problems, including a lack of arable land, collective farming practices, and chronic shortages of tractors and fuel. Massive international food aid deliveries have allowed the people of North Korea to escape mass starvation since famine threatened in 1995, but the population continues to suffer from prolonged malnutrition and poor living conditions. Large-scale military spending eats up resources needed for investment and civilian consumption. In 2004, the regime formalized an arrangement whereby private "farmers markets" were allowed to begin selling a wider range of goods. It also permitted some private farming on an experimental basis in an effort to boost agricultural output. In October 2005, the regime reversed some of these policies by forbidding private sales of grains and reinstituting a centralized food rationing system. In December 2005, the regime confirmed that it intended to carry out earlier threats to terminate all international humanitarian assistance operations in the DPRK (calling instead for developmental assistance only) and to restrict the activities of international and non-governmental aid organizations such as the World Food Program. Firm political control remains the Communist government's overriding concern, which will likely inhibit the loosening of economic regulations.

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kn.html

[AtomicKitten]

13. He needs to be removed ASAP.

His "style" is tantamount to throwing gasoline on a fire.