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To: broadstbull who wrote (110583)	8/8/2003 3:35:26 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

Edit- please read all the way to the bottom so you can find the evidence about Bolton being less than truthful. I don't think you made it to the end of the article I posted, and I would hate for you to miss such vital info a second time. Diplomacy is about being diplomatic. Or at least most of the time it is. We all know NK is bad- telling them they are bad, well, do you see a point to that? Will it make them more willing to negotiate? If you call lefties lots and lots of names, do you find that they are just that much more willing to listen to your wonderful ideas? (An example- I said IF- I am not accusing you of calling anyone names- it is MERELY an example) "Some US and Asian analysts said last week that Bolton, who has made little secret of his belief that Washington should pursue "regime change" in Pyongyang rather than a new agreement on its denuclearization, might have intended to use the speech to provoke Kim into rejecting the forthcoming meeting. Cheney and the Pentagon have long been skeptical of any negotiation with North Korea. " not good, imo "He played a similar role several months later when, amid the public shock that followed September 11, 2001 and the anthrax scare, Bolton single-handedly sabotaged a UN meeting to forge an international verification protocol designed to put teeth into a treaty on bio-weapons. His efforts, which included naming six countries that he said were violating the treaty, provoked expressions of shock and outrage from some of Washington's closest allies. " not good either "At the same time, Bolton was also engaged in a lengthy row with US intelligence agencies over his public charge that Cuba had an offensive biological warfare program. His assertion became an embarrassment after anonymous intelligence officials and retired senior military officers, including the former head of the US Southern Command, told the media that no such evidence existed and charged that Bolton was politicizing intelligence. In a replay last month, Bolton was poised to testify to Congress that Syria's alleged programs to develop weapons of mass destruction had advanced such an extent that they threatened regional stability, an assertion which reportedly provoked a "revolt" by US intelligence analysts, who insisted that the evidence did not warrant such a conclusion. " For NOT TRUE, see the above.