Monday - August 01, 2005

Kofi Annan Issues Warning To John Bolton

It seems the Koffing Anus couldn’t wait more than a few hours after President Bush decided to make an interim appointment to send John Bolton to the UN as Amabssador to that useless body. The Koffing Anus just issued a warning that Bolton better come prepared to “play nice” or else ....

UNITED NATIONS (AP)—U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he looked forward to working with John Bolton but warned that the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will have to negotiate with 190 other countries to get what he wants. Annan and U.N. diplomats played down the significance of President Bush’s decision to appoint Bolton while Congress is out of session as a way to bypass Democrats who had blocked a vote in the Senate. “I think it is the president’s prerogative and the president has decided to appoint him through this process,” Annan said. “From where I stand we will work with him as the representative of the president and of the government.”

Annan stressed that the United Nations and the United States need each other. He said that the relationship had “frayed a little recently and we should be able to get it back on key.” He cautioned that Bolton won’t get what he wants if he tries to take on other U.N. diplomats alone. “I think it is all right for one ambassador to come and push, but an ambassador always has to remember that there are 190 others who will have to be convinced, or a vast majority of them, for action to take place,” Annan said.

Posted by The Skipper     on 08/01/2005 at 12:29 PM   
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