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MCKENNA REMOVES UN AMBASSADOR, DISAVOWS INVOLVEMENT IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH



By Michael Fasano

UN Ambassador William Bastion has been formally removed from office following his deviation from a prepared statement on the Pakistan/India Crisis where he called on the nations of the world to examine a new direction in dealing with mutant terrorism. Tumult continues to engulf the McKenna Administration as the President was forced to disavow the comments of their handpicked Ambassador. According to White House Press Secretary Perino, Ambassador Bastion's comments were 'the result of his own viewpoint on the international situation, and in no way represents the measured policy of either the McKenna Administration, the United States State Department, and does not signal a deviation in the United States stated foreign policy."

In a speech which brought first silence and then an uproar as Ambassador Bastion left his expected comments about securing peace in India, and plunged directly into addressing what he termed 'a shocking lack of preparation on the part of the international community to respond effectively and appropriately to mutant terrorism'. Ambassador Bastion raised seven different incidents of mutant terrorism in the last five years in which local and regional military forces lacked the equipment or training to effectively respond.

"The United States has a long history of audacious proposals to the international community, and the time has come for another. The rise of mutant populations in every country on this planet is a signal that we can no longer put our heads in the sand and convince ourselves that our world is not staring into the face of change not felt since entering the Nuclear Age.

Mutants are our brothers and sisters. They are our children and our friends. They are also our criminals and our police. Our soldiers and our terrorists. They have the scope of all human experience in them, irregardless of their power. With this indisputable fact before us, why must we continue to ignore the realities the most basic security concerns which we apply to all other facets of international law?

I call on both the security council and the general assembly to finally cast off the blinders of an uncertain future, and consider what the new age, the Mutant Age, means. The agencies of international peace must be prepared to face new terrorists, soldiers, and fanatics of all kinds, mutant and human, and those forces ready to push back the darkness of anarchy their foes represent. I urge that a new peacekeeping force be considered, operating under the mandate of this august body, which uses the best technology and the best trained mutants available from the world's growing population. I call on both domestic and international law enforcement agencies to begin to train and press into service mutant men and women who can effectively enforce law against all those who would break them.

Finally, I call on this body to take the gravest and most important step of all; to revise international law to recognize the nature of the world's mutant population, and protect them from exploitation and weaponization at the hands of rogue powers."

Insiders inside the White House expressed shock at the speech by former Ambassador Bastion. One senior staff member characterized it as a 'lack of understanding about the political process, pressing for a solution which the UN isn't ready to address'. Democrats in Congress have speculated that the Administration is trying to have it both ways on their Ambassador, submitting Bastion to Congress only weeks ago as an experienced foreign policy expert, and now attempting to claim inexperience with process as the reason for Bastion's outburst.

Lt. Gen William Bastion was a hero of the Vietnam War, flying over 200 missions in for the USAF. He earned a degree in aerospace engineering, was one of the Pentagon's most successful reformers in technology appropriations and was considered a potential chair for the Joint Chiefs when President McKenna asked him to take the Ambassadorship instead only two months ago to replace Khalized, who resigned in May citing health reasons. Highly regarded by the State Department for his foreign policy acumen and respected as both a legitimate war hero and a highly intelligent and successful leader by Congress.

While Lt. General Bastion's call has been met with either hostility or tepid consideration, especially since his repudiation by the Administration, some members of Congress have expressed interest in hearing him fully explain his ideas. This has led some sources to wonder whether Bastion's statements may be the start of a broader political push for international mutant peacekeepers or even the springboard for a larger position within either of the new administrations following the elections in November.