Bolton’s take on foreign policy is so far out of the mainstream, he even makes Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly look pretty good. Here’s an excerpt from their 1999 conversation on “The O’Reilly Factor”:

O’REILLY: And I find it difficult to stand by and watch another Cambodia, another Rwanda, unfold. And I believe the United States has a responsibility here.

BOLTON: Let me ask you this, Mr. O’Reilly. How many dead Americans is it worth to you to stop the brutality?

O’REILLY: I don’t think I would quantify that because…

BOLTON: I think you have to quantify it. I think if you don’t answer that question…

O’REILLY: … I think if you’re going to be a superpower…

BOLTON: … you’re ducking the key point that the commander in chief has to decide upon before putting American troops into a combat situation. We are now at war with Serbia. And the president has to be able to justify to himself and to the American people that Americans are about to die, or may well die, for a certain specific American interest.

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BOLTON: I believe…

O’REILLY: … I do not believe in standing by while people are slaughtered.

BOLTON: … Our foreign policy should support American interests. Let the rest of the world support the rest of the world’s interests.

If John Bolton is confirmed as U.N. ambassador, he’ll be one of the primary links with the international community. Please call your Senator today and ask him to vote against John Bolton as U.N. Ambassador.