Boo's and hisses for Bolton at Yale

It was a bittersweet homecoming for United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, a former chair of the Conservative Party who returned to the Yale Political Union Monday evening amid a chorus of hisses and politically charged questions. [...] Bolton argued that voluntary contributions from states would allow major donors such as the United States to choose to fund the U.N. programs that they believe to be the most efficient.

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"Why shouldn't we pay for what we want, instead of paying a bill for what we get?" Bolton said.

The audience interrupted Bolton throughout his speech with loud banging on desks and hissing, the typical YPU expressions for approval and disagreement. When asked about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, Bolton said the U.S. -- not other countries or international organizations ­-- should hold its own citizens accountable for possible abuse.

"We don't need anybody else to judge us," he said. "We judge our own."

The answer prompted loud hissing from the audience, but Bolton offered students a question of his own.

"I'm just curious, those of you who are hissing, who do you think will judge better than us?" he asked the audience.

isn't that the same rationale bush uses when he hands a white house staffer the responsibility for investigating his administration's response to katrina...?

Some students said they thought Bolton was too controversial and combative, reflecting U.S. Senate Democrats' concerns about his ability to be a successful diplomat. Congressional opposition forced U.S. President George W. Bush '68 to appoint Bolton in a recess appointment this summer.

"He was extremely rude, extremely belligerent, everything the Democrats called him in confirmation hearings," Jed Glickstein '08 said.

at least he's consistent - consistently an asshole...

(thanks to raw story...)

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