John Bolton, unhinged.....

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Bolton: Israel Will Attack Iran After U.S. Election But Before Inauguration, Arab States Will Be ‘Delighted’»

This morning on Fox News, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton continued his drumbeat for war against Iran. Adopting Bill Kristol’s argument, Bolton suggested that an attack on Iran depends on who Americans elect as the next President:

I think if they (Israel) are to do anything, the most likely period is after our elections and before the inauguration of the next President. I don’t think they will do anything before our election because they don’t want to affect it. And they’d have to make a judgment whether to go during the remainder of President Bush’s term in office or wait for his successor.

Bolton gamed out the fallout from an attack on Iran. He claimed that Iran’s options to retaliate after being attacked are actually “less broad than people think.” He suggested that Iran would not want to escalate a conflict because 1) it still needs to export oil, 2) it would worry about “an even greater response” from Israel, 3) and it would worry about the U.S.’s response.

Bolton then concluded that Arab states would be excited if the U.S. or Israel attacked Iran:

I don’t think you’d hear the Arab states say this publicly, but they would be delighted if the United States or Israel destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons capability.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/22/bolton-arabs-delighted/


Bolton has said he is backing John McCain because he would handle the Iranian nuclear program in a “stronger” way than the Bush administration.


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/22/bolton-arabs-delighted/

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Bolton is a nuisance

maybe he should be sent to some desert island?

[pacalo]

2. If Israel wants a war with Iran, it shouldn't expect the U.S. to fight it for them.

...assuming this neo-con monster isn't shooting from the hip & knows something we don't.

[atreides1]

11. Not fight it for them, just give them a little help

Like a direct flight path through airspace controlled by a certain US occupation force in the country formerly known as Babylon.

[PDJane]

3. the lunatics are running the asylum.

I realize he has the constitutional right to be an asshole, but that stuff borders on hate speech. Why are these folks still running the country? Why hasn't every TV station and radio station declared them pariahs?

[Tutonic]

4. They should make him the washroom attendant at the U.N.

Then he could boast to all of his big-whig buddies that he finally got a gig at the U.N.

[rurallib]

5. why would ANY news show - even FUX - let this guy on?

[LiberalAndProud]

6. "they would be delighted "

Will they greet us with flowers and kisses? Somehow I doubt it.

[whistle]

7. John Bolton has been certifiably insane for decades

[gratuitous]

10. Yeah, I haven't seen any evidence that he was ever hinged

If he was a garden variety asshole, you'd just ask the bartender to quit serving someone so obviously out of his mind with alcohol. Unfortunately, we don't require a breathalyzer for dimwits like Bolton before they open their mouths in front of a live microphone.

[Monk06]

8. If Israel attacked Iran after a democratic president was elected but

before the inauguration, everyone would know that
Bush and Cheney were behind it.

I don't think the Israelis are that stupid.

John 'Yosemite Sam' Bolton is certifiably insane
and should be under care.

[madeline_con]

9. Name 3 people who listen to this moran.

They probably have their headphones hooked to their ipods in meetings.

[JDPriestly]

12. Bolton is right about one thing: if Israel attacked Iran, other

Arab states such as Saudi Arabia would be pleased. Iran, believe it or not, is "liberal" compared to Saudi Arabia.

[readmoreoften]

14. Yeah how terrifying is that.

[LeftishBrit]

13. Bolton got the fucking sack for being nuts; so why does he still think he's got power?

And he certainly doesn't rule Israel; nor are they likely to have told him their state secrets; so maybe he should just stop shooting his mouth about things he knows nothing about, and generally stop interfering and trying to egg everyone on to start a war.