Ill Tempered Men
John Bolton, the might-be Ambassador to the United Nations, has had his pants pulled down. A few email messages surrounding his mistreatment of co-workers have surfaced.
Excerpt: None of the dozens of messages reviewed by The New York Times were from Mr. Bolton. But the correspondence, spanning a period from February to September 2002, included e-mail sent to Mr. Bolton by his principal assistant, Frederick Fleitz, as well as extensive exchanges between Mr. Fleitz and Christian P. Westermann, the State Department's top expert on biological weapons who clashed sharply with Mr. Bolton over Cuba.
The messages included a Sept. 25, 2002 note in which Thomas Fingar, the No. 2 official in the State Department intelligence branch, deplored what he said had been the toll inflicted on Mr. Westermann by Mr. Bolton and Mr. Fleitz.
"I am dismayed and disgusted that unwarranted personal attacks are affecting you in this way," Mr. Fingar said in a message sent to Mr. Westermann. Two days earlier, in another message, Mr. Westermann wrote to Mr. Fingar to say that "personal attacks, harassment and impugning of my integrity" by Mr. Bolton and Mr. Fleitz were "now affecting my work, my health and dedication to public service."
In similar news, the White House has cancelled invitations to several people for being Kerry supporters to a trip to Guatemala on State business. Because, you know, in this country we're not supposed to get along well after an election is over. I'm glad that George W. Bush is setting the right tone in Washington. Yes he is.
Finally, I think this is something we should be getting angry about. What, exactly, is Russia doing selling weapons to third world terrorist states?
Excerpt: None of the dozens of messages reviewed by The New York Times were from Mr. Bolton. But the correspondence, spanning a period from February to September 2002, included e-mail sent to Mr. Bolton by his principal assistant, Frederick Fleitz, as well as extensive exchanges between Mr. Fleitz and Christian P. Westermann, the State Department's top expert on biological weapons who clashed sharply with Mr. Bolton over Cuba.
The messages included a Sept. 25, 2002 note in which Thomas Fingar, the No. 2 official in the State Department intelligence branch, deplored what he said had been the toll inflicted on Mr. Westermann by Mr. Bolton and Mr. Fleitz.
"I am dismayed and disgusted that unwarranted personal attacks are affecting you in this way," Mr. Fingar said in a message sent to Mr. Westermann. Two days earlier, in another message, Mr. Westermann wrote to Mr. Fingar to say that "personal attacks, harassment and impugning of my integrity" by Mr. Bolton and Mr. Fleitz were "now affecting my work, my health and dedication to public service."
In similar news, the White House has cancelled invitations to several people for being Kerry supporters to a trip to Guatemala on State business. Because, you know, in this country we're not supposed to get along well after an election is over. I'm glad that George W. Bush is setting the right tone in Washington. Yes he is.
Finally, I think this is something we should be getting angry about. What, exactly, is Russia doing selling weapons to third world terrorist states?
posted by ThePoliticalPenguin at Sunday, April 24, 2005
1 Comments:
I'll come back and visit when you've experienced the real world first before making an opinion for you know nothing about...
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