Instead of addressing her concerns, Townsel wrote in a letter to the U.S. Senate, "John Bolton put me through hell -- and he did everything he could to intimidate, malign, and threaten not just me, but anybody unwilling to go along with his version of events. His behavior...wasn't just unforgivable, it was pathological."
Eventually, even the Republican-led Senate refused to confirm Bolton's UN nomination. Bush was only able to get Bolton into the job using a "recess appointment" -- waiting until the Senate went on break and then slipping him in.
In an administration led by a man with an unpredictable, impetuous temperament who seems to prefer bombs to diplomacy, we've just lost two stabilizing forces and replaced them with two who will hesitate far less before advocating war. They seem far less likely than their predecessors to calming down dictators like Kim Jong Un who already enjoys threatening the U.S. with nuclear annihilation.
This isn't a game. Real lives are at stake. And with no one to counsel caution, one wrong tweet could tip the balance.
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