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- appleann1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4OK mike, where does Bolton say he couldn't care less if Iraq stayed together? Looked, couldn't find it.
This was the one guy looking out for our interest at the UN, he had the guts to put the thugs and bullies in their place. - mrbad, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I realize I made a mistake in my comment of this article: Bolton is the Former US ambassador to the UN. Still, he is a large voice in the media, and he is an unbelievable prick for not caring about other countries' sovereignty.
- mikealao, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Also, Bolton was the bully.
- mikealao, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1You didn't look hard enough. At the bottom of the article is a link to the Sunday Time's interview with Bolton (it is this interview that the article is about). In the interview Bolton says the following:
Once that is sorted out, there is still the problem of what to do with Iraq. Unlike Bush, Bolton believes Iraq is already at war with itself: “The fundamental point is whether the civil war that exists is going to continue.” Bolton has often been mistaken for a neocon, but while he considers democracy preferable to other forms of government, he does not consider it America’s duty to spread it.
The shape and form of the nation is irrelevant: what matters is that Iraq is either tolerably pro-western or de-fanged. He has no regrets about the removal of Saddam Hussein; now it is up to the Iraqis if they want to engage in “fratricide”. The same goes for partition: “If the future of Iraq is to stay together, that’s fine. If not, I couldn’t care less from a strategic perspective.” - mrbad, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Good post, mike. It just goes to show how much the current Administration doesn't care about literally anything that isn't right in front of it or isn't an interest. That being said, I realize that this is one guy, Mr. Bolton, who has made these comments, but detractors of this post should realize he is our voice to THE UNITED NATIONS.
Every time something like this happens on the global scene, I cringe as our credibility as a superpower silently gets more and more tarnished in the eyes of foreigners. To surmise Al Franken, "We need to be good to other countries because at some point, a problem will face not just our own country, and we may have to work with other sovereign nations to solve a particular problem."
A year and half, a year and a half. I know I'm not the only one who chronically repeats this to myself.
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