Bolt Upright...

Frank Gaffney really pumps up John Bolton, the U.N. Ambassador-to-be (who looks a little like Captain Kangaroo) in NRO today.

"[President Bush] recognizes that — if the U.N. is to survive and be useful — it is going to have to engage in not just cosmetic reform, but in a significant course correction. In order for the institution to deserve, let alone enjoy, the generous support of the American people, it must live up to its founding principles.

It was, in no small measure, toward this end that President Bush insisted on action by the United Nations in the face of Saddam HusseinÂ’s serial defiance of its Security Council resolutions. Subsequently, he has repeatedly challenged the organization to confront the dangers posed by regimes willing to engage in genocide and pursuing the destructive means to affect it."

Democrats may tread with caution in the face of public opinion which currently sees the U.N. as - at best - a glorified debating society and - at worst - an ineffective anti-American league of thugs, criminals and appeasers.

"It is noteworthy that, while John Kerry has denounced the Bolton appointment, some other Democratic senators like Minority Leader Harry Reid and Joseph Biden have so far been more measured. Even more interesting, however, has been the reaction of some of the U.N.Â’s most prominent champions. A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Annan is quoted as saying that Annan had "nothing against people who hold us accountable," and that the latter was "looking forward to working with Mr. Bolton."

I'll just bet he is.

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