FT Editorial Comment on Bolton--Sending Damaged Goods to the UN

"...what is of international concern is Mr Bolton's habit of bending intelligence to fit his ideological crusades, and that his unilateralism is at odds with the president's policy of seeking multilateral solutions to the North Korean and Iranian challenges.

Ideally, George W. Bush would withdraw his nomination. Failing that, enough Republicans in a Senate they control 55 to 45 would withhold their consent, as Mr Voinovich and one or two others may do. But having carried the fight this far, neither the president nor his party is likely to give up.