Anne Bayefsky
Monday, December 4, 2006
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.