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Resources updated between Monday, December 4, 2006 and Sunday, December 10, 2006
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Anne Bayefsky
Jeane Kirkpatrick | |
To say Jeane was exceptional is an understatement. She was an exceptional diplomat, exceptional scholar, and above all, an exceptional human being.
Jeane Kirkpatrick, 1926 - 2006 Editor's Note
December 8, 2006
Bolton's Gifts Article
Bolton good, U.N. very bad Article
December 7, 2006
CHARISMATIC LEADER OF CHINESE CHRISTIAN SECT PUT TO DEATH Human Rights Voices
December 6, 2006
Kofi pad to get $4.3M fixup Article
December 5, 2006
Statement of Zimbabwe on Special Procedures Development
Statement of Iran on Special Procedures Development
After Bolton Article
Monday, December 04, 2006
Anne Bayefsky
The only winners from the resignation of Ambassador Bolton are the foes of the United States. Ambassador Bolton did a courageous job communicating and protecting American values in the belly of a beast where those values are at risk each and every day. His commitment to real and effective reform was unshakable. His honesty, integrity and hard work produced substantial results on a multiplicity of levels in only 18 months on the job.
Furthermore, he
Ultimately, it was his success in defense of American and democratic interests that doomed him. Noone was more vociferous in campaigning against his nomination than the defenders of the status quo -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan, his Deputy Mark Malloch-Brown and their financial backers, George Soros and Ted Turner's UN Foundation. One can be sure they will have broken out the champagne, along with the Russians, Chinese, Sudanese and the remainder of the Organization of the Islamic Conference -- all those who have a vested interest in ensuring a never-ending cycle of U.S. money in, support for terrorism and nuclear proliferation out. The reverberations of the departure of John Bolton will be felt for a long time to come.
This article originally appeared in the National Review Online.
The only winners from the resignation of Ambassador Bolton are the foes of the United States. Ambassador Bolton did a courageous job communicating and protecting American values in the belly of a beast where those values are at risk each and every day. His commitment to real and effective reform was unshakable. His honesty, integrity and hard work produced substantial results on a multiplicity of levels in only 18 months on the job.
The Resignation of U.S. Ambassador John Bolton Editor's Note