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April 27, 2005
Contempt and Contempt in Competition
Here's Thomas Friedman writing why John Bolton should not be appointed as "ambassador at an institution he has nothing but contempt for."
But at its best, the U.N. has been, and still can be, a useful amplifier of American power, helping us to accomplish important global tasks that we deem to be in our own interest. ... In short, I don't much care how the U.N. works as a bureaucracy; I care about how often it can be enlisted to support, endorse and amplify U.S. power. That is what serves our national interest.
Can someone tell me the difference between John Bolton's nothing but contempt and Thomas Friedman's nothing but contempt for the United Nations -- and, obviously also for international law?
Posted by zeynep at April 27, 2005 02:38 PM
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