Mr.Bush Fires A Missile

The president's controversial appointment of John Bolton as his ambassador at the UN - during a recess without the senate's approval - is a case in point. The abrasive Mr Bolton once famously remarked before his appointment: "There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is only the international community, which can only be led by the only remaining superpower, which is the United States." He also observed that the UN headquarters building in New York has 38 storeys and that "if it lost 10 storeys, it wouldn't make a bit of difference". Mr Bolton is described by some as a multilateralist - though he seems to favour the kind of multilateralism where the US occupies the driving seat, such as Nato and the "coalition of the willing" in Iraq. At the same time he has opposed other international initiatives that might impose constraints on the US, including the international criminal court and treaties restricting landmines, biological weapons, nuclear weapons testing and the small arms trade. http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,1557477,00.html

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