John Bolton, former United States ambassador to the United Nations, had some strong words for the world body on Monday evening, July 18th as he delivered a broad-based foreign policy speech during the Chairman’s Club dinner at the sixth annual Christians United for Israel (CUFI) national summit in Washington, DC.
Speaking from the podium of the Washington Convention Center, Ambassador Bolton addressed the upcoming vote scheduled for September at the United Nations General Assembly in which the Palestinian Authority will call for nation states to cast their vote for the establishment of an independent Palestine.
“This effort is an attack on Israel’s legitimacy,” said Bolton, adding that it comes as no surprise because “for the last two and a half years, President Obama has been negotiating on behalf of the Palestinians.” Supporting Israel’s right to live in “peace and security,” Bolton said that the solution to the seemingly intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict must be resolved by the “parties of conflict” and not by the machinations of the United Nations. He called on Congress to “pass a law taking the wind out of the Palestinian sails; and should get Obama to be an honest broker in Middle East peace negotiations and get his thumb off the pedal of the Palestinians.”
Reminding his audience of over 600 that this is not the first time in modern history that the Palestinians have attempted to declare their own state, he said, “In 1988, they [the Palestinians] did the same thing and then joined specialized agencies of the United Nations to further their agenda.” He also noted that the intended vote reflects a repudiation of US foreign policy and is a “direct contravention of UN resolutions 242 and 338.”
Calling for the US to employ strong measures against the UN if it does something “profoundly wrong” by de-legitimizing Israel, Bolton said the US should tell the Europeans that if they adopt this resolution, there will be no funding for the UN. Back in 1988, former Secretary of State James Baker threatened any UN agency that funded the PLO, Bolton added. The US must state unequivocally that “we’re not going to give the UN legitimacy or authority in this matter and we’re not going to allow the UN General Assembly to have an effect on Middle East policy,” intoned Bolton.
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President Palin, have we got a Secretary of State for you.
An aroused American public entered WWII, and we showed what we can do. Arouse us enough, again, and we'll do twice as much.
Actually over 80% of all German soldiers killed in WW2 were killed by Russians. US did play the major role in defeating Japan but shared the victory over Germany with Russia.
"Back in 1988, former Secretary of State James Baker threatened any UN agency that funded the PLO"
Why is America and the nations funding Palestinian Authority/PLO when in 1988 it was considered very wrong by America and the Secretary of State?
It breaks international law to negotiate with terrorists. Yet, in our fallen world, we negotiate with, finance, arm and military train PLO/PA and agree to surrender Jewish land to PLO/Palestinian Authority Muslim terrorist organization. It is a huge crime against the Jewish people. And a terrible stain on America and the nations.
Not one more dollar to PLO/PA/Hamas!
Not one inch of sacred Jewish Holy Land to barbaric, implacable enemies bent on Jewish genocide!
Many of the rebels in Libya fighting Qadaffi are Al-Qaeda terrorists. If Qadaffi is overthrown which America is eager to accomplish, Libya will be far more radical and a far greater danger to the Free World than Qadaffi ever was.
The nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs will be in the hands of Al-Qaeda. All made possible by America and Europe.
Obviously the administrator here is an Obama operative…
More powerful than a hundred thousand Mexicans with shovels on piece-work, an aroused America can be awesome to behold, and impossible to withstand. Ever since that day that Rick Santelli ranted on about another Boston Tea Party, this country has been awakening. Yamamoto Isoroku, the Admiral who planned the attacks on Pearl Harbor, begged the Japanese hierarchy for many, many months NOT to go to war with the United States. After he lost his arguments and the Japanese carried out the attacks, he reportedly remarked, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."