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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 08:28 AM Jun 2019

The Latest: Bolton says US 'prudence' on Iran isn't weakness

Source: Associated Press



2 hours ago


TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on tensions between the U.S. and Iran and in the Persian Gulf (all times local):

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton says Iran should not “mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness.”

Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Sunday, Bolton says no one has granted Iran a “hunting license in the Middle East.”

The comments come days after President Donald Trump announced he called off military strikes on Iran after learning approximately 150 Iranians would be killed, saying it would’ve been out of proportion to the shooting down of an unmanned American surveillance drone by Iran.

Read more: https://www.apnews.com/70b05b546fe444f384fcf3bca2b83492

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The Latest: Bolton says US 'prudence' on Iran isn't weakness (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2019 OP
Trump cut Bolton this morning, saying," True Blue American Jun 2019 #1
Of the two, I actually hate Bolton more Polybius Jun 2019 #2
I can not disagree! True Blue American Jun 2019 #3
Bolton must be beside himself DeminPennswoods Jun 2019 #4
Bolton is among a long line of "expert advisors" who thought that they could make a stupid President Yavin4 Jun 2019 #5

True Blue American

(17,972 posts)
1. Trump cut Bolton this morning, saying,"
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 08:34 AM
Jun 2019

Bolton is hawkish, but he is just one on my team. I made the decisions!”

Bolton gets out in front he will be gone. No one trusts him.

Polybius

(15,238 posts)
2. Of the two, I actually hate Bolton more
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 11:35 AM
Jun 2019

He never met a war that he didn't like, except when it came time for him to fight in it.

True Blue American

(17,972 posts)
3. I can not disagree!
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 11:52 AM
Jun 2019

Bolton is vicious. He and Netanyahu have wanted the US to fight Iran as long as I can remember.

I despise Bibi, to!

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
4. Bolton must be beside himself
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:57 PM
Jun 2019

He's a skilled bureaucratic infighter, but he's no match for president narcissist.

Yavin4

(35,357 posts)
5. Bolton is among a long line of "expert advisors" who thought that they could make a stupid President
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 07:11 PM
Jun 2019

do what they wanted him to do. Goes all the way back to Reagan and Bush. But this time, they mis-calculated Trump's ego and Russia's influence.

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