Bolton Warns of Enemies "Without"
 John Bolton |
"Keep you(r) focus on the international realm," Bolton warned, telling the enthusiastic crowd that foreign diplomats had joined the ranks of those who were seeking to impose restrictions on the possession of weapons.
As United Nations Ambassador, Bolton was alternately praised or excoriated by pro and anti-firearms proponents, respectively. Anti-firearms groups accused him of using State Department intelligence to push his own views and "punish" anyone who disagreed. Bolton supporters, including the President, say he fought to reform the UN, and address the U.S. security and economic interests in the world.
Addressing that point, Bolton expressed his displeasure with diplomats who serve in posts then started shifting their viewpoint from that of an American to a "global resident."
As that happens, Bolton said, the United States finds itself "worn down and isolated" from the constant quibbling. He also characterized that "wearing down "as a deliberate tactic to slowly "broaden the focus" on firearms into an international matter, rather than an American constitutional one.
For an American diplomat to "abandon the United States Constitution" in order to "get along" with the diplomatic community, said Bolton was "a deliberate tactic of the leftists to shift firearms into a different political environment.
After all, Bolton says, "many nations of the world want the United States to keep footing the costs for the United Nations, " but are "looking for ways to reduce our influence around the world." Limiting the rights of U-S citizens to have firearms, said Bolton, would be one way that "diminishment" could be accomplished.
In his remarks, Bolton referenced the now-infamous United Nations conference on Small Arms & Light Weapons. The title, Bolton said, seemed to be a good idea. Further examination, however, revealed that the United Nations was seeking authority over everything from cannons to .22 caliber rifles owned by individuals.
"I went to the United Nations with the goal of seeing that this conference was not reconvened five years down the road," Bolton said, "and we accomplished that - and it was unheard-of for a UN Conference not to agree to meet again. " After all, Bolton said, "conference attendees enjoy coming to New York City."
"The United States' bottom line is this," said Bolton, "this country will not agree to anything that infringes on our Constitution right to bear arms."
But the international arena is where Bolton says many of the gun control issues that liberals can't get passed in the United States may be headed. "These people are persistent," he warned.
Bolton also proposed one solution to the United Nations being a place where the United States was "expected to pay" but did not get "what we pay for."
His solution? Moving U-N contributions from assessed contributions to voluntary contributions. Moving funding to performance-based decisions, would, Bolton said, quickly make many of the decisions made by the United Nations bad ideas because of the financial ramifications. Today, he said, "there are no ramifications for anything these conferences care to propose. "
Bolton also warned that North Korean and Iran were areas where we should also keep our focus. "There was a reason President Bush referred to Iran and North Korea in his 'Axis of Evil'", Bolton said, saying both were "projecting power" and supporting terrorism and terrorists groups worldwide while both worked toward nuclear capabilities.
"As NRA Members," Bolton told the crowd, "it is important that you not only remain vigilant here at home, but support your leadership as they are forced to broaden their vision as more and more of the fight over firearms is moved into a broader-arena where liberals feel they will be more likely to win limitations on our rights."
You GO, John!
He was too good a man for that post and I for one am glad so honorable an individual doesn't have to walk into that ugly building at Turtle Bay and deal with the loons of the world.
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