Letter of the Day

A May 15 letter suggested that while John Bolton may be a "lying bully" he's perfect for the U.N. job, as we need someone to take on the corrupt U.N. culture.

I'm very curious as to how his policy of arrogant intimidation coupled with his lack of credibility is going to win us more support in the world. Fighting wrong with another wrong is rarely effective. That's why we're at this dilemma in the U.N. in the first place. America embraced another "lying bully" named Saddam Hussein to counterbalance Iran in the 1980s.

I wonder if the writer's opinion has more to do with partisan politics than with the "deceit, corruption, and hypocrisy" at the United Nations. While his umbrage at these wrongs is certainly justified, I'm just curious as to what he thinks should be done about the "deceit, corruption and hypocrisy" in the U.S. Congress, perhaps starting with Rep. Tom DeLay?
-Duane Miller,
Storm Lake.

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