Take your mark

Well-scripted salvos cripple John Bolton's nomination to the UN ahead of a Senate showdown | Mindy Belz

With the steady hand of a master gunnery sergeant, John R. Bolton, President George Bush’s pick to be the next ambassador to the UN, has taken dead aim at the realpolitik coursing through the veins of the foreign policy establishment:

On UN leadership: “The Secretary-General does not operate on a higher plane than mere mortal national officials, and the Secretariat’s contribution is more likely to be at the molecular rather than the molar level” (Sept. 2000).

On UN peacekeeping: “Simply inserting blue helmets into a conflict zone will not, in and of itself, resolve outstanding political differences” (May 2000).

On a UN-approved International Criminal Court: “Where litigation will all too often simply be war by other means” (Feb. 2000).