{"id":38,"date":"2005-04-28T21:01:20","date_gmt":"2005-04-29T04:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=38"},"modified":"2006-09-07T08:02:43","modified_gmt":"2006-09-07T15:02:43","slug":"john-boltons-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"John Bolton’s United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>In 1994, John Bolton, nominee to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said the following about the institution he now seeks to join:<\/p>\n

“The Secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If you lost 10 stories today it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n



\n[Click to enlarge]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1994, John Bolton, nominee to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said the following about the institution he now seeks to join: “The Secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If you lost 10 stories today it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.” [Click to enlarge]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graphix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58063,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=58063","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":0},"title":"In Trump’s Addled, Alternate Reality, Biden Spoke at the United Nations and ‘Nobody Showed Up’","author":"Mark NC","date":"9\/19\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The United Nations is currently holding its annual General Assembly meeting in New York City wherein diplomats from around the world congregate to discuss shared interests and advance the cause of peace and unity. This year is a particularly notable one due to the ongoing war by Russia against its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump, coronavirus","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-virus-sick.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-virus-sick.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-virus-sick.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":164,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=164","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":1},"title":"More UN Bashing From Bolton","author":"Mark NC","date":"6\/7\/2006","format":false,"excerpt":"United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown gave a speech on \"Power and Super-Power\" before the Century Foundation and Center for American Progress -- Security and Peace Initiative. Much of the speech was directed at encouraging greater participation by the U.S. in both world affairs and the U.N.'s operations and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35709,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35709","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":2},"title":"Trump’s Insane Threat to ‘Totally Destroy North Korea’ Affirms His Mental Infirmity","author":"Mark NC","date":"9\/19\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The United Nations is holding its 72nd Session of the U.N. General Assembly. But it is also the first one that is being addressed by Donald Trump. If the diplomatic body was expecting to be surprised by Trump's speech, they were not disappointed. Trump has been a frequent critic of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-be-afraid.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-be-afraid.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-be-afraid.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7530,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7530","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":3},"title":"Fox News Crosses Over Into Conspiracy Theory Territory","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/9\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Fox News has long been a source of blatant dishonesty and partisan propaganda. Most conscious observers are aware that much of what is broadcast on Fox is tainted and unreliable. That accounts for why so many independent surveys show that Fox News viewers are significantly less informed and\/or misinformed, than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":267,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=267","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":4},"title":"Press Freedom Declines In U.S.","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/26\/2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The Fifth Annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index is out and it doesn't look good for the United States. In a field of 168 countries, the U.S. finishes 53rd, sandwiched between the Dominican Republic and Uruguay. The embarrassment of such a poor ranking is exacerbated by the fact\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20638,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=20638","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":5},"title":"Shepard Smith Owes Obama’s Press Secretary “Every Penny He Will Ever Make” At Fox News","author":"Mark NC","date":"9\/23\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The military operation executed last night against ISIL in Syria surprised many in the nation and the media by its timing and force. However, there was another consequence of the mission that will have an impact on a much smaller scale, except for those involved. For more flubs and follies\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fox News","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-shep-earnest-bet.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-shep-earnest-bet.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-shep-earnest-bet.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}