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 wouldve been out of proportion to the shooting down of an unmanned American surveillance drone by Iran.
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True Blue American
(17,972 posts)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)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)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)He's a skilled bureaucratic infighter, but he's no match for president narcissist.
Yavin4
(35,357 posts)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.