"... and then shrugs off the organization when it does not follow his lead."

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is this week holding a hearing on the re-nomination of U.S. envoy to the United Nations, John Bolton. As part of a larger "war on terrorism," it seems the U.S. conception of multilateralism is much different than the rest of the world's.

"What John offers is what the U.S. needs at the U.N. today,"” he said in an interview. "John is the right kind of change agent in a universe that is resistant to change. In order to get reform done, you're going to have to push, you have to be assertive."

And what is it that the U.S. needs at the U.N. today?