Is former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton one of the most arrogant, contemptuous, condescending politicians of the modern age?
I’ve just watched his interview on Newsnight, and he comes across as someone as ill-suited to a job in international relations as it is possible to be!
Combine barely-disguised ridicule of Gavin Essler’s probing questions, a hardline pro-war stance and a cryptic pseudo-threat that we (presumably the British, but encompassing all anti-Iraq war Europeans) should beware America’s withdrawal from Iraq and other places “closer to home”, and you don’t have to wonder to hard why America has such a disastrous international reputation.
I previously saw Bolton on BBC Question Time on March 22nd, flushed once again with seetinhg self-importance, and refusing to even respond to Tony Benn’s repeated enquiries relating to Iraw and WMD on the grounds that it wasn’t worth the effort.
Indeed, with hawkish, agressive former UN ambassadors like these, who needs enemies!
NB. In 200 John Bolton said
“There is no doubt in our mind that Saddam Hussein has an active chemical and biological warfare effort.”
NB Related link – Naomi Wolf’s hefty and controversial editorial tracing a fascist lineage from Hitler To Bush, and the historical steps taken by all states in a process of destroying constitutional freedoms – Fascist America in 10 Easy Steps