The Psycho Gets the Job

Diplomatic!

The wheels are finally in motion now for our attack against Iran. The final role has been cast. In a pathetic, lame duck move, George W. Bush bypassed Congress by installing John Bolton, a complete psychotic neo-conservative, as our UN ambassador via recess appointment. This recess appointment comes 5 months after Bush nominated Bolton for the post. Bolton arrived at the UN 5 hours later to the sound of booing. Watch the booing and the response by democrats and republicans here. If you're not familiar with why Bolton is a total and complete joke for this position, watch Bolton scream like a total psychotic about how much he detests this international body and how "if you lost 10 stories (of the 38 storied UN building) today, it wouldn't make a bit of difference." Wow, how diplomatic! And how typical of this disgustingly arrogant, greedy administration. After 9/11, the world was with us. And Bush flipped them off. Bolton will do the same.

But don't take my word for it, take the objection of 100 diplomats who fiercely oppose the appointment of John Bolton to the post of UN ambassador. So what's the rush? The August 1, 2005 issue of The American Conservative reports that Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. "The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option. As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States. Several senior Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing—that Iran is being set up for an unprovoked nuclear attack—but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections." So you see this administration doesn't want to protect us from another 9/11 type attack. They seem to welcome it as it is their chance to steal more oil.

I don't mean to gloat, but does anyone recall the question I posed to you in my June posting-Saddam Likes Doritos? I asked: "To build a pipeline from Iraq to the Caspian Sea, you must go through which countries? Hint: When Bolton receives his recess appointment, you'll find out. We will be invading them next." I hate it when I'm right.

Democrats in the Senate had drafted a document accusing Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control, of "four distinct patterns of conduct" that disqualify him for the post. Those 4 are that Bolton regularly tried to stretch intelligence to fit his views. He exhibited abusive behavior and intolerance for alternative views, repeatedly trying to fire intelligence analysts who disagreed with him. He repeatedly made "misleading, disingenuous or non-responsive statements" to the Foreign Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing.

The findings in this document were based on more than 30 interviews, a review of public documents, media reports and documents provided by the Bush administration.This recess appointment comes about a week after it was discovered that Bolton had lied during his confirmation hearing. Bolton gave the Senate false information when he failed to note on a questionnaire that he had been questioned by the department's inspector general as part of a joint probe by the State Department and CIA into allegations that Iraq attempted to obtain uranium from Niger in Africa. The State Department acknowledged the error in Bolton's statement last week.

So you see, any time I hear that the Democrats in Congress are trying to work with the President or the Congressional Republicans, I ask why? This administration and it's foot soldiers in Congress don't give a shit about us Democrats, our military, our poor, our hungry, or the innocent Iraqi's they've killed and the innocent Iranians they plan to kill.

Back to the Clinton days... remember Richard Holbrooke, who Republicans delayed for 14 months as Bill Clinton's nominee to the U.N.? Holbrooke refused to bypass the Senate with a recess appointment, saying that it would introduce him to "the world body with no credibility or authority." Oh, the good ol' days of diplomacy and respect.