rub a little mni sku' ya in the wound

Take two stories and put them together and you have the most beautiful illustration of the arrogant US fascist imperial state:

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And then there is this one about our new proposed Ambassador to the UN
Bolton is also a longtime activist in the Federalist Society, an association of right-wing, nationalistic lawyers who have been
particularly opposed to the application of international or foreign law in their decisions—a practice that they say threatens U.S. sovereignty.  The Society is also strongly opposed to non-governmental organizations that seek the adoption of international law and standards in the United States. Along with AEI, the Society sponsors ''NGOWatch'' which seeks to expose such efforts, as well as the funding sources of NGOs that take such positions.
His effectiveness gained him a promotion under President H.W. Bush to the position of assistant secretary of state for international organizations, a post he held until 1993 when he joined first the right-wing Manhattan Institute and then the neoconservative-dominated American Enterprise Institute (AEI), home to such prominent hawks as former UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick, former Defense Policy Board Chairman Richard Perle and Cheney's spouse, Lynne Cheney.