Bolton

I agree that the UN needs reform. The Oil-for-Food scandal was appalling. However, I fail to see how someone like Bolton could reform it. Bolton doesn't have the power to just go in their and change things, that would require the consent of (key word here) other countries. In order to obtain this consent he would have to use (another key word) diplomacy. The Tenth Edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines diplomacy as: "skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility". John Bolton once said that if you took the top ten stories off the UN building it wouldn't make a bit of difference. How is someone like that not going to arouse hostility?

I know that Bolton is most likely to be nominated at this point, despite the fact that the Senate committee that reviewed his nomination failed to endorse him. But I wonder what kind of message nominating Bolton sends to the rest of the world, who already think we are arrogant imperialists. Western Europe is still our ally, but there will come a time when we say: "we saved your @$$es in WWII" and they'll stop listening.