Bolton's got a screw loose.
"There's no such thing as the United Nations...if the UN secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference." So Dubya has picked John Bolton as our new UN ambassador and, guess what? Yep, he's a right-wing freakshow. Said avowed UN enemy and former Sen. Jesse Helms (no, not yet) of Bolton: He's "the kind of man with whom I would want to stand at Armageddon." Brilliant. (CLW link via BookNotes & Digby) Update: Slate's Fred Kaplan has more.
This is somehow less distressing than Rice as Sec of State. The truth is that the US has paid so little attention to the UN with the exception of that anamolous stretch of time from 1991-1999 that it shouldn't really matter. The rest of the thinking world already believes our government is run by whackos, this just fits in that line.
I didn't see the words "Jesus" or "God" in his statements, so at the very least, he's may be right wing nut job but not a righteous Christian zealot. Small comfort.