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Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton will be the keynote speaker at tonight’s annual dinner for the conservative policy institute Center of the American Experiment (CAE) at the St. Paul River Centre. Bolton has recently been working the media circuit and discussing the many benefits of U.S. air strikes against Iran.
According to the CAE event description, Bolton will “discuss 21st century threats to the United States and how we can — how we must — lead in strengthening security arrangements around the world.” Recent media appearances suggest that Bolton believes those threats revolve around Iran and that the leadership required means air strikes.
Bolton told the London daily The Telegraph that Iran was responsible for harming U.S. troops in Iraq and that this is a case where the use of military force against a training camp to show the Iranians we’re not going to tolerate this is really the most prudent thing to do.” Bolton also dismissed a recent report from British intelligence contradicting recent assertions about Iranian involvement in Iraq.
In an interview last week with Fox News, Bolton was asked if he could see a scenario in which President Bush would bomb Iran, and Bolton responded, “I think so, definitely.”
Bolton was appointed by Bush to be permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations during a congressional recess in August 2005 after Democrats in the Senate successfully filibustered his confirmation. Bolton resigned in December 2006 in lieu of facing a clear defeat before a confirmation committee, mainly at the hands of
then Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee. After being voted out of office, Chafee left the Republican party and became an independent.
The CAE made note of Bolton’s confrontational style as well as his rocky time as U.N. ambassador. Promotions for the event declare: “During his all-too short tenure at the United Nations, he was an
outspoken advocate for vital American interests, while striving to reform the U.N. and halt the spread of terrorism and civil strife around the globe. For his courageous service, the Senate somehow saw fit to reward him with a filibuster, successfully preventing his confirmation. That was not a good day for freedom.”
Single tickets to the event are listed as “Attach
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Comment posted May 15, 2008 @ 11:48 am
Bolton, the man with a propaganda nose longer than Pinocchio! He looks innocent enough; like Geppetto, the woodcarver out of the fairytale Pinocchio, the puppet whose nose did grow every time he told a lie. Do a quick transplant here on the attendant image…Bolton may look like Geppetto but he has the soul and nose of Pinocchio and there’s no Jiminy Cricket to guide this not-so-well-bolted war monger.
It is tempting to add the fairytale psyches of Gideon the Cat and Foul Fellow the Fox into Bolton’s persona; but then this is no fairytale, sad to say? Just his own misguided; no,call it his scurrilous intent to give some credence to starting another war; this time, Iran.
One can only hope Bush may have realized the weakness of the”Iran weapons cache story”, as cooked up or wishful thinking positing the same degree of incredibility of the ‘yellow cake’ or WMD debacles; lies, propaganda to fortify our war on Iraq.
Suggested companion reading:(”US plot to nail Iran backfires”, Gareth Porter, Asia Times online, 5/15/08)
Some may call it the madness of a wannabe tyrant, for Bolton drags his dictatorial reputation behind him like toxic entrails. He is indeed a man hard to control or get along with, even in the Bush administration…then, they sent him over to the UN? So much for damage control, eh? His speaking engagement here certainly speaks volumes of the mentally-challenged nature of the hosting think tank.
Comment posted May 15, 2008 @ 6:48 am
Bolton, the man with a propaganda nose longer than Pinocchio! He looks innocent enough; like Geppetto, the woodcarver out of the fairytale Pinocchio, the puppet whose nose did grow every time he told a lie. Do a quick transplant here on the attendant image…Bolton may look like Geppetto but he has the soul and nose of Pinocchio and there's no Jiminy Cricket to guide this not-so-well-bolted war monger.
It is tempting to add the fairytale psyches of Gideon the Cat and Foul Fellow the Fox into Bolton's persona; but then this is no fairytale, sad to say? Just his own misguided; no,call it his scurrilous intent to give some credence to starting another war; this time, Iran.
One can only hope Bush may have realized the weakness of the”Iran weapons cache story”, as cooked up or wishful thinking positing the same degree of incredibility of the 'yellow cake' or WMD debacles; lies, propaganda to fortify our war on Iraq.
Suggested companion reading:(”US plot to nail Iran backfires”, Gareth Porter, Asia Times online, 5/15/08)
Some may call it the madness of a wannabe tyrant, for Bolton drags his dictatorial reputation behind him like toxic entrails. He is indeed a man hard to control or get along with, even in the Bush administration…then, they sent him over to the UN? So much for damage control, eh? His speaking engagement here certainly speaks volumes of the mentally-challenged nature of the hosting think tank.
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