Why John Bolton MUST Stay!

U.S. Vetoes U.N. Security Resolution Condemning Israeli Hostilities
Saturday, November 11, 2006

UNITED NATIONS — The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resolution Saturday that sought to condemn an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip and demand Israeli troops pull out of the territory.

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the Arab-backed draft resolution was "biased against Israel and politically motivated."

"This resolution does not display an evenhanded characterization of the recent events in Gaza, nor does it advance the cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace to which we aspire and for which we are working assiduously," he told the Security Council.

The draft received 10 votes in favor and four abstentions, along with the U.S. vote against. Britain, Denmark, Japan and Slovakia all abstained. The U.S. is one of five permanent members of the council that has the power to veto resolutions.

It was the second U.S. veto this year of a Security Council draft resolution concerning Israeli military operations in Gaza. The U.S. blocked action on a document this summer after Israel launched its offensive in response to the capture of an Israeli soldier by Hamas-linked Palestinian militants.

The TrekMedic adds:

It amazes the TrekMedic how so many secular, liberal Jews in the US continue to support the Democratic Party when the Dems want nothing more than to appease the UNtied Nations and force this country to capitulate to their every whim!

If it weren't for Ambassador Bolton, this nonsense would have passed and weakened Israel's position in the Middle East!