Bolton Calls the Ploy

The whole ploy to make America look bad has got me foaming at the mouth. Our security officers actually perform their job flawlessly and stop an individual who was acting suspect at the airport and now we are infringing on a diplomat's rights? I think not.

I am interested in knowing exactly how many diplomats buy tickets in this manner and how many, if stopped, call the press before calling diplomatic security services? .

Now they are going to admonish our country diplomatically in front of the world. I would rather we pull out our embassy than lose face to this ploy. It seems that our ambassador to the UN, John Bolton is the only government official to come out publicly with his views about the ploy. I admire this man. He is honest and straightforward; we need more people like him to keep the pressure on the UN.

If anything we should be honoring the fine people of the security services at the airport for not being afraid to stop someone they thought suspect. They have my thanks and they should have yours. We should not stand for this intimidation by Venezuela or any foreign government. It is an inconvience, yes, but if the diplomat had called security services it could have been resolved without a blow up by the press.

Imagine what would happen to a U.S. diplomat if they called the press prior to trying to resolve the issue with security services first, we would be grandstanding, posturing, and the world would look down upon us. Talk about a double standard.