In the end I decided to adhere to the stylistic constraints of simplicity and accuracy, and thus shortened to that simple sentence what had been a lofty attempt to inform others while expressing myself; because, you see, I am aware of the neocon aversion to compound and compound-complex sentence structures and all of their confusing commas and semicolons.

I hope you found it easy to read. I know Billy Frist and his butt-boy Glenn Reynolds did.

The point that I want to leave with you in this very brief presentation is where I started, is there is no United Nations. There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world, and that’s the United States, when it suits our interest and when we can get others to go along.

By virtue of its non-existence, his unconfirmed appointment made him the perfect ambassador. The logic is impeccable.