Bloodless Coup

Bolton Leaves, US Moves Closer to Key Goal

"We weren't the ones who wanted to keep the meeting secret," one European diplomat said. "It was the American side that didn't want him there."

Remind me why on Earth Bush and Cheney want to give this guy a top job when he was a miserable failure in the last one he held? Oh, right, it's because they never hold miserable failures accountable for their mistakes. Who needs competence when you can have loyalty (even if it is loyalty to a set of beliefs that impair the ability of the country to secure its defense)?