Just a moment ago on TV, would-be warlord and preemption dead-ender John Bolton was on TV arguing that in response to this morning’s nuclear test, the US should push to have North Korea expelled from the UN — something that brought an amused chorus of IM guffaws in the TPM newsroom. Zack Roth: “that will get them to stop!” Me: “that would teach them … what a buffoon.”
Really though, I found myself oddly disappointed. I’ve grown to rely on Bolton for over-the-top and generally insane responses to foreign crises. But expulsion from UN? As Kleefeld said, coming from Bolton, is that a punishment or a reward? Something’s fishy in Denmark.
