Bolton to face citizen’s arrest.
Bolton to face citizen’s arrest.
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton is scheduled to speak at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in Wales today. The Telegraph reports that after his speech, Bolton may face a citizen’s arrest:
Mr Monbiot, a columnist for The Guardian newspaper, plans to detain him as he steps off stage at the end of his talk. He said he was prepared to jump on stage and perform the citizen’s arrest there if necessary.
He claimed Mr Bolton was “instrumental in preparing and initiating the Iraq war by disseminating false claims through the State Department” while he was under-secretary of state for arms control. [...]
Explaining his motivation for carrying out what will be a purely symbolic gesture, Mr Monbiot said: “Many people accept that the launching of the Iraq war was an international crime, but no one has yet been prepared to act on it by arresting one of the perpetrators.”
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Please oh please oh please oh please oh please don’t tease us with political posturing oh please oh please really mean it this time. And seek to have him flogged publicly before his execution.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:03 pmThe Walrus arrested by Mr. Moonbat?
PRICELESS.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:05 pmI think Bolt-on should be arrested for his appalling Yosemite Sam mustache, if nothing else.
And if he were wearing a “Mustache Rides 5ç” T-shirt, it should be a thrid-strike offense.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:05 pmPurely Symbolic?
How about delivering his ass to the Hague for us?? Please!@
May 28th, 2008 at 3:05 pmMr Monbiot, you’re a good man.
Americans, it appears, dislike Bolton as much as you folks, but fear arrest or Gitmo if they actually take action against loud mouthed thugs like Bolton.
Here’s to your success; may Bolton rot in Hell with the rest of the Worst President Ever and his henchmen.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:06 pmoctamethyl…
My thoughts exactly!
May 28th, 2008 at 3:09 pmMay we do the same thing to:
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rove, Rice, Wolfowitz, Pace, Patreus, Myers, Gonzales ETC.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:10 pmplease let there be a video of yosemite sam being frog walked off the stage.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:14 pmWake me up when the headline reads: “Bolton to Face Firing Squad”
May 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pmI’m black, I just thought of an instance of police brutality that I would support and then snapped back to reality.
Jus sayin
May 28th, 2008 at 3:21 pmGuido, according to this it would be legal:
‘A citizen’s arrest might seem to be a fanciful gesture, referred to only in sit-coms, but the right to detain a person one believes has broken the law is enshrined in the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.’
But yes, the director of the festival is quoted as saying it would be “completely unlawful”. So I suspect that Mr. Monbiot will be prevented from going through with this. Unfortunately.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:23 pmif he resists, taze the bastard! multiple times!
May 28th, 2008 at 3:27 pmput a nice handlebar curl in that walrus stache.
He will survive this mild threat and become another whore on K Street or a Visiting Professor at Regency U.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:27 pmMr Monbiot you have the support of the entire World community! Arrest that WAR CRIMINAL Bolton!!!!!
May 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pmBolton?? Uhhh, FIRST and foremost go after Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, Powell, Rice, Gonzales, Addington, and Yoo.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:37 pmNettles Says:
Bolton= Best UN Ambassador ever
Well, if by “best” you mean the most ill-suited person on the planet for the job then I agree!
May 28th, 2008 at 3:37 pmExplaining his motivation for carrying out what will be a purely symbolic gesture, Mr Monbiot said: “Many people accept that the launching of the Iraq war was an international crime, but no one has yet been prepared to act on it by arresting one of the perpetrators.”
Since when is righteousness viewed as “merely symbolic” ?
May 28th, 2008 at 3:38 pmOT, but saw this on DKos: the Bush-McSame team is having the same kind of problems in UTAH! that they had in the Senator’s home state of Arizona:
“The event was originally scheduled at the Grand America Hotel, but was moved to the Avenues home of Sam Stewart, a prominent investment fund manager.
Two Republican sources familiar with the event said that response to the afternoon fundraiser had been lackluster, prompting the campaign to move the event to the private residence. “
May 28th, 2008 at 3:39 pmNettles Says:
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Bolton= Best UN Ambassador ever, hands down. Adalei Stevenson close 2nd.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Yeah
About as “best” as Chimpy being the “best” president , dipshit ………….
May 28th, 2008 at 3:39 pmHas Nettles been clinically diagnosed with schizophrenia yet?
May 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pmBolton can still be saved. Send in the Foxholes!
http://www.foxholeadventures.com
May 28th, 2008 at 3:44 pmCheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Powell, Tenet, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Yoo, Benczkowski, Wolfowitz, G.W. Bush… …
Gentlemen, for your safety and protection, please do not leave the country after January 20.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:45 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
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Has Nettles been clinically diagnosed with schizophrenia yet?
May 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
No
But he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night and soiled the sheets (again)……….
May 28th, 2008 at 3:46 pmSomeone should also tap on Rice’s shoulder and say: ‘You are under arrest for misleading Congress and the American people by asserting the USA did not TORTURE, while having secret meeting in the WH with top officials from this criminal administration, about the USA’s TORTURE PROGRAM.”You are under arrest for WAR CRIMES, thousands of inocent people died or were torture because your LIES’. ‘you are under arrest Rice’.
RiceMustGo.com
May 28th, 2008 at 3:47 pmNettles = Burning Weed
Burning weed = Burning Bush
Burning Bush = Biblical Metaphor
Metaphor = Nettles
Deductive logic determined that Nettles is non-existent, or, at best, a fable.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:48 pmwake me up when the video of Bolton at the guillotine is on you-tube. I’ll get popcorn.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:50 pmoctamethyl, commenter #1, don’t hold back, tell us how you really feel. ;-) It’s a shared sentiment. Look how fast the line is forming.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pmA must see on You Tube: Captain Crunch Bolton arrested. Priceless.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pmBut he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night and soiled the sheets (again)……….
Why does Nettles hate clean sheets?
May 28th, 2008 at 3:57 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
“I have handcuffs. I’ll gladly lend them to him.”
oh?
May 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pmand why does the good Dr. own handcuffs???
inquiring minds want to know! ;)
Zimzone Says:
Deductive logic determined that Nettles is non-existent, or, at best, a fable.
Dude, I almost choked on my food! Funny stuff.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pmLividLib – someone had to ask!
May 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pmLet this be the start of a movement. Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Perle, Feith, Yoo, Powell, Wolfowitz, et al should be hounded at every public appearance for the rest of their miserable lives! By way of that: Condi is scheduled to play at the Aspen Music Festival this summer. Wouldn’t a large , unruly antiwar welcoming committee be appropriate ?
May 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pmUncle Ho Says:
wake me up when the video of Bolton at the guillotine is on you-tube. I’ll get popcorn.
A trial is so much better than French-styled Guillotine. I don’t want to risks any of them playing the victim after they’ve victimized others.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:03 pmBetter Idea….large pissed off drunken crowd with axe handles…then…………….you can fill in the blanks yourself.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:08 pmOh, please let this happen. Oh please, oh please, oh please…
May 28th, 2008 at 4:31 pmHere is the outcome of this from the Guardian UK.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:32 pmEven if it is symbolic, it would still be sweet.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pm40 – Unfortunately, that outcome was very predictable.
Too bad. I would have liked to see that warmongering asswipe arrested – even it’s only by a civilian.
Kudos to Mr. Monbiot!
May 28th, 2008 at 4:40 pmfrom nwmuse’s link:
‘In his earlier discussion Bolton defended the right of the US to launch pre-emptive nuclear attacks and to promote regime change or – if necessary – a military attack against Iran in order to prevent it acquiring nuclear weapons.’
Sounds like Bolton was characteristically arrogant as usual.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pmNettles Says:
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Bolton= Beast UN Ambassador ever, hands down…
May 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
There, fixed that right up.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pmNettles,
Will you the same thing about Bolton after he writes a tell-all book about Bush? Or will he join the unserside of the bus with McClellan and all the others?
May 28th, 2008 at 5:02 pmNettles = dumbest bootlicking troll ever
May 28th, 2008 at 5:03 pmWell if they can’t arrest him they’re going to have to start bringing rotten tomatoes to throw at him
May 28th, 2008 at 5:04 pm#43 mary – agreed – arrogant,clueless and an all round dipshit – the only thing we hear from this oxygen thief are drum beats to wipe out iran (and always on fox noise) – and why would bolton be speaking about war at a literature festival? – he knows nothing about either.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:07 pmJohn Bolton escapes citizen’s arrest at Hay Festival
May 28th, 2008 at 10:18 pm