Comments on: John Bolton Rips Up The NIE https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/06/john-bolton-picks-apart-the-nie/ Eventually, I learned the joys of killing. But I’m skipping ahead of myself. I landed in Iraq in November 2004 armed with a video camera instead of a weapon... Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: cb10 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/06/john-bolton-picks-apart-the-nie/#comment-77581 cb10 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:31:52 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/06/john-bolton-picks-apart-the-nie/#comment-77581 There has to be a presidential candidate that would sign this guy up to take the NIE and State Dept. apart, one bureaucratic lifer at a time. There has to be a presidential candidate that would sign this guy up to take the NIE and State Dept. apart, one bureaucratic lifer at a time.

]]> By: el Vaquero https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/06/john-bolton-picks-apart-the-nie/#comment-77587 el Vaquero Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:39:39 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/06/john-bolton-picks-apart-the-nie/#comment-77587 Mr. Bolton is the MAN! Hopefully Fred Thompson and Big John can do the right thing together with Duncan Hunter as Sec of Offence/Defence Mr. Bolton is the MAN! Hopefully Fred Thompson and Big John can do the right thing together with Duncan Hunter as Sec of Offence/Defence

]]> By: ticticboom https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/06/john-bolton-picks-apart-the-nie/#comment-77857 ticticboom Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:52:16 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2007/12/06/john-bolton-picks-apart-the-nie/#comment-77857 While he was Ambassador to the UN, I walked by him on the street. I would've said, "Give 'em Hell!" or something like that, but by the time I was sure it was him we'd passed each other. Interestingly, he didn't have a security detail, at least one that I could see. Most diplos rarely walk the streets. Door to door limo service is the norm. Occasionally, I'll see one around the UN, almost always with armed guards. Dress a Marine in a suit, and what do have? A Marine in a suit. You'd have to be blind to miss it, but most people seem to cultivate selective blindness. Does the fact that I can tell someone is armed and ready to act violently at the first hint of trouble say anything about me, and is it a common ability? While he was Ambassador to the UN, I walked by him on the street. I would’ve said, “Give ‘em Hell!” or something like that, but by the time I was sure it was him we’d passed each other.

Interestingly, he didn’t have a security detail, at least one that I could see. Most diplos rarely walk the streets. Door to door limo service is the norm. Occasionally, I’ll see one around the UN, almost always with armed guards.

Dress a Marine in a suit, and what do have? A Marine in a suit. You’d have to be blind to miss it, but most people seem to cultivate selective blindness.

Does the fact that I can tell someone is armed and ready to act violently at the first hint of trouble say anything about me, and is it a common ability?

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