"...how far astray the so-called conservative movement has drifted"

By GottaLaff

L.A. Times letters are often better reading than the articles:

Dither or blather?

Re “Ditherer in chief,” Opinion, Oct. 18

It took President George W. Bush a number of years to put us in the difficult global position we now face. And, of course, as with so many others, John Bolton wants to conveniently blame this entire mess on President Obama by disingenuously asserting that by now the president should have all of his global chess pieces in place.

By his logic, Bolton seems to think that the president, in less than one year in office, should fully understand all of the nuances of each world leader he deals with, and in turn, they should acquiesce to any pressure he should want to exert.

This ignorance and arrogance is what has stymied recent American foreign policy goals; the rest of the world has come to resent such strident hubris.

As a failed ambassador to the United Nations, Bolton's attitude should come as no surprise to anyone.

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I am all in favor of reasonable debate and expression of opinion, but the published opinion by Bolton concerning the Obama foreign policy is a nonsensical collection of rambling gibberish.

I believe that there is a legitimate debate to be had concerning U.S. policy, but you are doing no side or perspective any favors by airing uninformed emotional outbursts by this seemingly unbalanced individual.

I assume that you are merely allowing him to embarrass himself and those who take a similar view. Or perhaps it merely represents how far astray the so-called conservative movement has drifted.

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Bolton's "Ditherer in chief" is good. A "decider" like George W. Bush is just what we need. Look how well all those quick, decisive decisions worked out.