Category — Mr. MotO

Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton makes a great point in his Op Ed today—Mr. MotO doesn’t understand the lessons of the Cold War. Unlike his “we’re citizens of the World” speech implies, the Cold War was won through steely resolve—a resolve that many on the left and Western Europe did not share. If we’d joined the pacifists and socialists at the time, we’d be propping up Eastern Bloc countries with economic aid just like North Korea today. And tens of millions would still be suffering inside totalitarian states.

Let’s hope Mr. MotO was pandering to the crowd. It’s naïve to think the world will embrace, and there’ll be no more need for US leadership.