Great news for diplomacy!!

No. Not really.

So:

President Bush on Monday nominated John Bolton, a blunt long-time critic of the United Nations, to be U.S. ambassador to the world body in a move that raised doubts about Bush's new emphasis on diplomacy.

That's awesome. I'm sure he'll really be able to gain some much-needed international support.

Oh, wait. What was that he said about the UN?

"The (U.N.) Secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If it lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference," Bolton said in a 1994 panel discussion sponsored by the World Federalist Association.

Yeah. That's wicked diplomatic. Way to reach out with an olive branch.

This does not bode well. Plus, the dude has a giant, 1970's porn 'stach.