Bolton: ‘Targeted force’ is the ‘only option’ for Iran.
Bolton: ‘Targeted force’ is the ‘only option’ for Iran.
In his third op-ed on Iran in a major newspaper in the last month, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton wrote in the Washington Post today that the time is right for Israel to launch an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities:
Iran’s nuclear threat was never in doubt during its presidential campaign, but the post-election resistance raised the possibility of some sort of regime change. That prospect seems lost for the near future or for at least as long as it will take Iran to finalize a deliverable nuclear weapons capability.
Accordingly, with no other timely option, the already compelling logic for an Israeli strike is nearly inexorable. [...]
Those who oppose Iran acquiring nuclear weapons are left in the near term with only the option of targeted military force against its weapons facilities. Significantly, the uprising in Iran also makes it more likely that an effective public diplomacy campaign could be waged in the country to explain to Iranians that such an attack is directed against the regime, not against the Iranian people.
Despite his suggestion that now is time for an attack, in reality, it’s always a great time to attack Iran if you’re John Bolton, considering he never passes up an opportunity to use turmoil in the Middle East to suggest war with Iran.
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Bolt-on is approaching Grampy McSame levels of dementia.
I can see him in the very next sentence blaming Ahmadinejad for the spiders in his bathroom.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pmCheck me if I’m wrong, but if something is the only course of action… it’s not really an “option” now, is it?
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 pmThese neo-cons lost heavily in November.
Why do the MSM and the corporate news channels keep giving these imbeciles so much air time?
Why isn’t there a progressive alternative to corporate news channels?
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:36 pmGod, how I hate this guy. Everytime I see him, I cringe. It’s always war with this fellow. He and Chaney are birds of a feather. Shudder.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:37 pmWell, when your as dumb as a bag of hammers…
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pmThe post-election resistance raised the possibility of some sort of regime change.
Which will disappear like a wisp of smoke in a hurricane the second there is a hint of outside action against Iran. The entire middle east will rise against Isreal and the west and we will be in for unimaginable trouble.
But chickenhawk scum like bolton and bush and our resident trolls don’t care about that.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pmWhy was Bolton ever a diplomat (correction: in a diplomatic post) when his only solution to any problem is military action? And why is the Post giving space to insane neocon puppykickers?
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pmWow! Targeted force on a country that has never attacked another country in it’s history! Yes, these war mongering Neocon Bushites love them some war just as long as they nor their family members don’t have to fight or sacrifice.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pmWell, I’m glad that Little Johnny (”Got Milk?”) Bolton cleared that up for us. Now, if only we could come up with an option to rid ourselves of his “targeted farce”. I would definitely start by strapping him down and shaving off that ridiculous mustache.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 pm.
Shorter Bolton: UG, MORE WAR!”
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July 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 pmJust amazing that anyone gives this bozo any media coverage at all. He was wrong about EVERYTHING!
Just goes to show you – our real problem is not the wingnuts that get put in front of the cameras, its the MEDIA that “catapults the propaganda”.
The reality is we can blast on this man’s incompetence, arrogance, and extremism all day (and rightly so), but there is another wingnut in waiting, ready to take his place when the media needs another “expert”.
The global corporations that own of the mainstream media decided a long time ago that these assets were worth more as vehicles of mass deception than they are as other business models.
Hence, we really just get the same ol’ faces croonin’ along with the “mighty wurlitzer”.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 pmIs anyone suprised that the “major newspaper” who gave this terrorist space is the WaPo? That rag is giving the NY Post a run for its money.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:41 pmAnd Bolty, “Koo-koo-ka-choo”!
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pmMost people learn from mistakes — this idiot proposes the same kind of pre-emptive attack that brought us nothing but economic ruin, chaos, destruction, and death.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pmWhy should this guy be given any credibility at all? Can anyone name one thing he’s been right about?
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pmJohn Bolton is as relevant as Meghan McCain.
It does, however, certainly expose the myth of ‘liberal media’.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pmBe afraid, be very afraid.
How these guys get/have any legitimacy is (way) beyond me.
Pushing other countries around only works if you are not beholden to them either directly or indirectly. We are THE debtor nation — we are dependent and our actions are restricted. Supporting war is not an option.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pmRelated story from TPM:
Former Head of CIA bin Laden Unit Wants Him to Nuke Us!
These folks are
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pmMr. Bolton,
Israel is a big-boy nation. If they want to pre-emptively bomb Iran, they don’t need to get America’s permission. But they also don’t get to come crying to us afterwards when the international community responds accordingingly.
Sincerely yours,
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pmAmerica
You can bet your bottom dollar that the young trust fund repiggies would support this stupid concept while personally sitting it out stateside.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 pmRWeSafer – the military-industrial complex (which is who the repugs/neocons like bolton represent) care not a wit where the money comes from.
Remember, every borrowed dollar for war goes immediately in someone’s pocket – only pennies go to the soldiers that are being used to fuel the war machine.
The rest represents “profits” that do not turn in our economy at all, do not produce real economic growth, and does not add anything of value to GPD.
Money for wars and bombs just quietly disappear into the portfolios of those that own the military-industrial complex.
It’s the oldest scam in the world.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 pmThese wars do nothing but bleed more wealth out of the system and into corporate accounts.
The war mythology will reach peak craziness within the next two days.
Celebrate the founding of our nation and the Declaration of Independence.
Don’t be snookered into celebrating corporate-sponsored militarism.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:53 pmFeeling real edgy
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:53 pmSure could use a missile launch
Ahhh, that feels better
Neocons/Zionists, like John Bolton, who want to drag America into Israel’s war mongering, land grabbing agenda in the Middle East are the #1 threat to America’s security.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:56 pmDid not the best minds of our intelligence community indicate that Iran is NOT working to weaponize their uranium? It is just insane that the yammering neocons can disregard the conclusions of our own NIE.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:57 pmI am sure that they will have the huevos to say we cannot trust the NIE because the intelligence on Iraq was wrong. In Iraq we needed to follow the intelligence and bomb and in Iran we need to disregard the intelligence and bomb.
delafield – so what does it tell us that, even though thoroughly discredited on every stand he has taken, the mainstream media still covers what he has to say?
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:57 pmFirst, I’m astounded and saddened that the Washington Post decided to run this diatribe.. Given the WaPo’s history, one would have thought that cooler, more rational heads would prevail, but alas, no.
Second, this “Opinion” piece by Bolton is over the line in terms of rationality (one hopes the folks in the white coats are en-route to Bolton’s location with specific orders to restrain him as they put him in the van) and in terms of having any impact on the real dialogue that must be carried out when dealing with any international party – middle-eastern or not.
If Bolton wants to dictate foreign policy for Israel then he should be handed over to Israel so he can run for the spot of foreign minister over there..If he looses, he can be exiled to the desert. Either way, he’s away from any vein of discourse that has any influence over anything – anywhere..then he’s useful…..
This NeoNut arm-waving campaign being carried out by Bolton, Cheeeney, their butt-boys over at fixed news and various media outlets scattered around the world has reached it’s end…time for more rational people to take the reins…
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 pmAnother Joe Says, “so what does it tell us that, even though thoroughly discredited on every stand he has taken, the mainstream media still covers what he has to say?”
Why do you think they give people, like John Bolton, all the air time they desire?
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 pmDrop Bolton on Iran.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 pmMoney for wars and bombs just quietly disappear into the portfolios of those that own the military-industrial complex.
It’s the oldest scam in the world.
Carlyle Group profits from its insepting till 2000….$1.9 Billion.
Carlyle Group profits from 2000 to 2008 …$9.0 billion.
GWB senior is on the board of the Carlyle Group. ANY QUESTIONS??????
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 pmWhy does this clown still have a job? What self respecting newspaper would keep this idiot employed? These necons are exactly the same people who were front and center cheerleading the Iraq sabre rattling! They have NO credibility!
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 pmMSNBC was sort of going more progressive but that changed with their new lineup.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pmMorning Joe, Dylan Ratigan a CNBC corporatist, and Dr. Nancy Sneiderman who thinks the only thing that will happen with a new health care program is rationing and she mentions it every two minutes. Apparently they’ve chosen a direction to head in and it’s to compete for Fox viewers.
Capt. Kangaroo’s evil chickenhawk twin…
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:08 pmdelafield – serves their owners. The owners of military-industrial complex direct and indirect owners of the mainstream media. They suck on the public’s teat, draining the federal treasury.
In the process, they create a whole series of distractions, rallying to “support our troops” which really means supporting the war machine. Very little of the money supports our troops and under bush, REAL support was systematically dismantled.
Because of the money being looted from the treasury (socialism for the wealthy), BILLIONS AND BILLIONS totally unaccounted for, politicians can tell us (with straight faces) that we cannot afford to reform health care and that we cannot afford other investments in this nation that would pay huge dividends to taxpayers.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:09 pmMoney dumped into the military-industrial complex just quietly disappears into off-shore accounts. It does virtually nothing for the US economy.
That is why they need a powerful propaganda machine.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:11 pmevangenital Says:
These neo-cons lost heavily in November.
Why do the MSM and the corporate news channels keep giving these imbeciles so much air time?
Simple, the “news” channels are entertainment, not news. The more controversial the more people watch, the more people watch the higher their ad revenues are, the higher their ad revenues are the more profit they make, the more profit they make the more money the corporation that owns the news channel makes, the more money the owning corporation makes the more bonuses can be paid to the executives.
As in everything else in this country, all you have to do is follow the money.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 pmIt has become excruciatingly, painfully clear that “targeted force” is the “only option” to get John Bolton to stop projecting his own violent tendencies onto the world stage.
Whether the best target for the force is between his ears or between his legs, however, is still in debate.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:13 pmWell, it is obvious we have to bomb Iran. So let’s dig out a B52 and then round up Bolton, Cheney, Limbaugh, Hannity, Colton, Malkin and all of the other frothing chicken hawks, strap some fins to their butts and drop them on Iran from 30,000 feet.
Probably use the bunker buster Rush first.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:13 pmAs usual, Bolton is right.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:13 pmAs usual, Bolton is right-wing, but wrong.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:19 pmLoon Logic: Wait until they nuke us, first.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:19 pmAccordingly, with no other timely option, the already compelling logic for an Israeli strike is nearly inexorable. [...] – J. Bolton
An example of Bolton’s compelling logic: I condemn the Iranian government for killing, brutalizing and arresting protesters. Therefore, a bombardment of Iran must ensue to kill Iranians.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:21 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
Wait until they nuke us, first.
So you think that Iran needs to pre-emptively strike against Israel to protect themselves? Why are you such an anti-semite?
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
As usual, Bolton is right.
Because? otherwise you’re just a moronic troll who has nothing to say.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 pmGeneral Commander of the Iranian Army Ataollah Salehi: It Will Take Us 11 Days “to Wipe Israel Out of Existence”
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 pmJohn R Bolton:
A Vietnam hawk who remained stateside.
Scratch a saber-rattler,find a war wimp. You can just set your watch by it,can’t you? So it’s entirely unsurprising to read the “following” about John Bolton Yale,’70 in the Yale Daily News:
Though Bolton supported the Vietnam War, he declined to enter combat duty, instead enlisting in the National Guard and attending law school after his 1970 graduation.”I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy,” Bolton wrote of his decision in the 25th reunion book. “I considered the war in Vietnam already lost.”
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 pmAs found at: slate.com/id/2117827/
The above tells you everything one needs to know about Bolton!
Iran is going to nuke us? How? Is the Iranian Navy going to sneak up on our shores?
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
Right-wing Logic: Nuke everybody else, before they get a chance to hate us.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:25 pmGo team israel. Nuke those muslim savages off the planet. Every man woman and child.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:25 pmBolt-on and the other neocons have a simple strategy. When the current catastrophes aren’t getting good ratings? Start a new one.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:25 pmThis blustering shithead is way past his expiration date. Can we get some fresh neocons, please? This one is starting to smell really bad. From blocking the election recount in Florida back in 2000 with his neocon lawyer buddies to trying to singlehandedly dismantle the UN when temporarily installed by Bush as our representative (WTF?) to his incessant war drum pounding this a sshole has shown time and time again that he is NOT a patriot of America and is just another Zionist ball licker. He and his ilk will not be happy until the American economy is in ruins and the Middle East and Israel blow up the effing planet. FU(K JOHN BOLTON, FU(K PNAC, FU(K THE NEOCONS AND NOW FU(K THE WASHINGTON POST!
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:25 pmAnd Israel could wipe Iran out of existence today if they wanted to. Why is it our problem?
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
General Commander of the Iranian Army Ataollah Salehi: It Will Take Us 11 Days “to Wipe Israel Out of Existence”
Newsflash: Israel and the USA are two different countries.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
Loon Logic: Wait until they nuke us, first.
Troll logic, take a wacko statement by one of the leaders and fabricate a rationalazatioin.
Or-just like Iraq, Right?
Or- Just like the USSR did, right?
Or-Using your hero GWB’s ‘logic” we should invade Bangledesh because Iran is a threat.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pmIgnore the racist young republican. Flag it into oblivion.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pmi think it’s time for FEMA camps and to rendition Bolton to Iran.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pmThe Reich wing doesn’t want to give health care to citizens that have no coverage but they’re willing to fight wars for Israel.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pmGo team israel. Nuke those muslim savages off the planet. Every man woman and child.
Wow, the GOP’s solidarity with the Iranian people lasted almost a whole week.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pmAnother chickenhawk who never served himself but is more than willing to send other people to their deaths.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 pmI actually would support this, if it’s led by Bolton, Kristol, Krauthammer, Brooks, McCain, Liebermann, Hannity, Limbaugh, Graham, Beck, Malkin, Coulter, Ingraham, Noonan, Scarborough, Buchanan, etc.
And all of the foot Soldiers must be made up of the 29%’rs, you know people from “real” America, aka Teabagers. I would watch this on TV.
STFU
RIP
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
OT, but this is pretty good.
A new movie about Mark Sanford.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 pmDear Lord; can we not call for an air strike yet on this loaf?
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 pmDon’t be afraid, poor little troll. If the big, bad, Iranians become a real threat? Israel can level the whole country in 11 minutes.
Stupid trolls really don’t have a clue about military history, or anything else, do they?
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 pmIran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel’s existence. It denies the Holocaust…by obush in 5/08
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pmpete Says:
Don’t be afraid, poor little troll. If the big, bad, Iranians become a real threat? Israel can level the whole country in 11 minutes.
Stupid trolls really don’t have a clue about military history, or anything else, do they?
They know that they have to parrot whatever talking point is pushed at the moment. That’s why they can bash President Obama last week for not supporting the Iranian people, and this week, they can say:
The Young Republican Says:
Go team israel. Nuke those muslim savages off the planet. Every man woman and child
And not be the least embarrassed…
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:32 pmAmbassador Bolton, what do you think about the U.S. economy? Bolton: It’s obvious to me we need some strategic air strikes in Iran.
What could have saved Michael Jackson?
Bolton: Obviously some pre-emptive strikes in Iran could have made the difference.
Any feelings about steroid use in major league baseball?
Bolton: I think we can stop the abuse with a bombing run in Iran.
(Mrs. Bolton) Mike, we’re out of Kool-Aid.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:35 pmBolton: I think we should invade Iran.
The man-like walrus then licked the krill from his grill and eased back into the warming waters full of melting ice flows.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:35 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel’s existence. It denies the Holocaust…by obush in 5/08
And this level of citation is why you get such bad grades on your research papers, not because you have “liberal” professors.,
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:36 pmForcible shaving of that horrid moustache and buzz cut that mop of a top is the only option for Bolt-On
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:38 pmNice rebuttal…..
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:38 pmPretty funny. I knews that Sanfords wife had been an investment banker but yesterday I heard her family founded Skil Corporation (Skil Saw). Obviously she’s the money in the family so if he quits his job and leaves for his true love he’ll probably do that penniless.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:38 pmThe Dude, you forgot “What do you think of the Sanford scandal?”
Bolton: If Obama had nuked Iran as soon as he came into office, then Sanford wouldn’t have started cheating on his wife 8 years ago.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:39 pmIf the repiggies are so scared of another attack, then why aren’t they rushing to enlist in the military?
The Army takes chubby evangelicals. Enlist, and work off all that Cheetohs flab.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 pmFixed it for you, pig.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:41 pmpete Says:
Stupid trolls really don’t have a clue about military history, or anything else, do they?
To say the least Pete.
RIP
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:41 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
so far young republican’t hasn’t said anything worth rebutting.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:41 pmArn Gunnutes Says: I hope one day a US soldier, wounded/MAIMED in Iraq because of the LIES of Bush, Cheney, Rummy and Bolton
Really, Arn? You really want maimed soldier to fulfill your nurderous revenge fantasy? And then that soldier can do the time or be sentenced to death, but you’ll be REALLY HAPPY and then you can blog about it.
You $hithead!
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:42 pmevangenital, young republican’t already has a summer job, it’s an intern for the RNC. Daddy is a mid-level operative in a backward red-state in the “heartland” who pulled some strings for junior.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pm“Obama also called Iran the “single biggest beneficiary” of Iraq war and pledged to secure all lose nuclear materials during first term, if he is elected president.”
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pmDid any members of the Bolton family serve in the military in Iraq and in Afghanistan?
Nope…not one…
It’s so easy to get a hard-on for war when one’s own self and family and friends are protected from it.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 pmbasicaly DOLTon’s saying that israel is allowed to have nukes, no one else is. who died and appointed him god?
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 pmSince Republican’ts love “facts” has the same citation problems as his fellow intern, young republcant’s I’ll provide a link for its scare quotes. The source refutes the quotes. Who could have imagined a troll would use a source that undercuts its own arugument?
http://rpayne.blogspot.com/2008/05/grave.html
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:50 pmCool. The country could use another war because we just have tons of money to throw away and we can gamble that we don’t start a world war.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pmOf course, Bolt-on neglects to mention that once we were engaging the Iranians our position with real threats is phucked.
Afghanistan and Iraq are the first two, by virtue of our ongoing military presence. Then we need to worry about N. Korea. They are led by a bigger nut than any Mideastern country and already have nukes.
Then there’s Pakistan. They have a large nuclear arsenal and have never been terribly stable. If they start losing ground in their own fight against tribal Muslims? We could see most of the troops in Iraq move East a couple countries.
What Bolt-on and his ilk can’t seem to grasp, despite the countless lessons of history, is that an attack on Iran would virtually eliminate any leverage we have in the real, and ongoing, threats we legitimately face. Attacking Iran would be like performing a nose job on someone with an untreated gunshot wound.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pmsav?age??–adjective
1. fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
2. uncivilized; barbarous: savage tribes.
3. enraged or furiously angry, as a person.
4. unpolished; rude: savage manners.
5. wild or rugged, as country or scenery: savage wilderness.
6. Archaic. uncultivated; growing wild.
Example: Nuke those muslim savages off the planet. Every man woman and child
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pmhttp://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/05/obama_flipflop_on_iran.asp
Wrong as usual, ‘bobwurst.’
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:52 pmRepublican’ts source of “facts” is a rightwing welfare rag that takes the same quote out of context. A source so far out of the mainstream that republican’t was too embarrassed to cite the source in its orginal post.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:57 pmAnd, of course, Bolt-on neglects to mention that, due to the fact Iran and Israel don’t share a border, Israel would have to violate the sovereignty of other nations in order to strike at Iran. Any action by Israel against Iran would result in, at least, one other nation on Iran’s side.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 pmBolbing a suspected WMD site is an international war crime.
Bolton (and others) are demanding that America commit even more inexcusable and uncivilized war crimes.
How is it that such mass murderers are allowed unchallenged access to the media? Because the media is owned by far-right wing extremists.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 pmNice backpedal, ‘bobwurst.’
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 pmTargeted force is the only option for that ’stache!
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:01 pmweakly substandard as a source?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Why don’t you just play with ‘lil Billy’s dick, too?
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:02 pmFor God’s sake, please stop talking to this war-mongering idiot. He has nothing else to say.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
Nice backpedal, ‘bobwurst.’
No backpedaling, just pointing out a fact you don’t love. your source takes that small quote out of context just like you did. When i googled your quote, the first hit was the link I provided, one that puts that quote into context, and refutes your point. No wonder you scurry away from facts, like you scurry away from logic, military service, and facts.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pmAnd Russia would be unhappy. No problem for Bolton though.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:07 pmI gotta hand it to the crazy old coot. He may be an idiot and a warmonger, but he is consistent.
Iran had an election? Time to bomb them.
Unrest in Iran? Bomb them.
Divisions developing among the leadership? Quick bomb them now.
Weather unusually warm? Bomb Iran.
Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson, and Farrah Fawcet died in the same week? Must be a sign to bomb Iran.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:08 pmSeriously. Do these morons think that Jordan, Syria, or even Iraq would not shoot at any Israeli planes that tried to attack Iran?
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pmReminds me of Cato the elder. Only born 2000 years too late.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pmA far left Bush Bashing obamapologist is your “source,” ‘bobwurst?’
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:12 pmThat’s what I find so maddening, Doodlebug Shayne. The whole dang lot of them can’t summon the impulse control of a three year old.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:12 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
A far left Bush Bashing obamapologist is your “source,” ‘bobwurst?’
So why don’t you cite the actual speech, with the surrounding context, since you claim to love facts so much this should be right up your alley…
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:15 pmYep, he’s consistent in the same way that my 2-year-old nephew is consistent.
Except with my nephew, it’s not “Bomb Iran”; it’s “time for a cookie”. But you get the picture.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:15 pmSo how have 8 years of Bolton in the UN done in dealing with Iran ?
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:15 pmWow. Republicans Love Goats is still trying to play on our reality-based field, while using wingnut-based rules.
No wonder the troll can’t make any sense.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:17 pmMapleStreet Says:
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So how have 8 years of Bolton in the UN done in dealing with Iran ?
Would have better if he hadn’t had his hands tied the whole time.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:23 pmAnd they don’t ever consider the worst possible case. An Israeli attack on Iran could transform our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from occupiers to hostages, pinned down and cut off, over night. Superior arms don’t mean squat in a general uprising. If the populace really turned on us I don’t like to think about how many people we would lose.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:26 pmMaybe every time Bolton says “bomb Iran” he gets a check in the mail.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:27 pmFunny how one of you should refer to him as “Captain Kangaroo’s Evil Twin”… I was think more along the lines of the “Evil Professor” from “Felix the Cat” to characterize this RW Neocon Idiot MORON, but does that date me? Anyway, he appears to be like some of the soulless Meth Addicts that inhabit the upper reaches of the dirt road upon which I live, and he Seems to posses the same level of mental logic they have.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:30 pmRegards, Bobalew
Are we going to get the whole magnificent lie? Is the stupid punk troll really going to try and blame the innumerable failures of his team on: activist judges, ACLU, ACORN, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, abortionists, the “librul media”, gays, atheists, and other assorted “leftists”?
Face it, puke-stain. Your boys had total control for six years, and virtual control for another two, and they effed up everything they touched. They were in charge so they get the blame.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:31 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
So how have 8 years of Bolton in the UN done in dealing with Iran ?
Would have better if he hadn’t had his hands tied the whole time.
There’s no reason to drag his sex life into the discussion.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:33 pmUh, huh.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:34 pmRepublicans Love Facts Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:36 pmUh, huhThe most coherent post by you all day.
http://nuttylittlenutnuts.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/bolton-anim4.gif?w=160&h=200
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 pmI know our stupid pet troll was potty training when Chimpy took office but he must be familiar with the concept of control. From 2000 through 2006 the GOoPers held the White House, majorities in the House and Senate, and a majority on the Supreme Court. Bushco also politicized appointed positions throughout the government at an unprecedented scale.
Anyone with a functioning human intellect finds it ridiculous when someone looks at the failures of those 6 years and says “I didn’t do it“. Frankly, it buggers logic to try and deflect the blame.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 pmTotally agree.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:46 pmCalling for the US to bomb some other country is the only time Bolton gets a woody.
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:04 pmThis guy is yet another neo-con Tali-Republican that doesn’t deserve air time when there’s so many more qualified people to advise the public on these shows.
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:07 pmStupid.
Attacking Iran is the quickest way to get the people there that now like us, to hate us!
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:09 pmShort for, “I’m waiting for my talking points from RNC.”
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:34 pmCan we send Bolt-On down the bomb bay chute, tied to and riding a warheadless bomb down on Tehran?
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:37 pmHey John, are you going to lead the first wave or are you going to wait to comment on the results? My guess is that you’ll write a review of the attack from the beach……..
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:56 pmBolton and the neocons are welcome to gather together, travel to Israel, and help Israel start and fight the war with Iran. This will give them the opportunity to show how patriotic they are, and by actually putting their lives on the line for their beliefs, they can stop playing armchair quarterback with other peoples’ lives.
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:05 pmWe should ship the neocons to Iraq and Afghanistan to the front lines. Bush and Cheney spent a lot of time avoiding their military service. If they think the war is justified then they should put their lives on the line just like the people they are sending into war.
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:10 pmI read a large amount of posts on here. OK. Let Iran get a nuclear weapon. Kid yoourself they are not secretly trying to deveolp a nuclear weapon.
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:42 pmWhat a bunch of nitwits and that’s nice way of saying how stupid you all sound. If you don’t like Bolton, that’s cool, but you are ignorant to thinnk Iran won’t work toward a nuclear weapon and stupid to think they won’t try to use it first agianst Israel.
Israel will hit them first, that you can bet on. For all you duumbass uneducated pacifists, you’re just hating one man and not seeing the real picture. Oh, I forgot, Iran loves us……Doah!!!!!! Israel will take care of the first step because if they don’t, thay won’t exist anymore. Wake up world. You want a nuclear holocaust? Geehz, get a brain, do your research. Dum Dumbs
Perhaps he, McCain, and Pence can form a singing trio called “The Bombardiers”.
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 pmnickwp Says:
I read a large amount of posts on here. OK. Let Iran get a nuclear weapon. Kid yoourself they are not secretly trying to deveolp a nuclear weapon.
What a bunch of nitwits and that’s nice way of saying how stupid you all sound….. Geehz, get a brain, do your research. Dum Dumbs
No one has advocated letting Iran get a bomb and doing nothing. However, our first reaction should not be to bomb them. Even as much as I would like to see them bombed, we can’t allow our emotions to govern our actions. There are initiatives by the EU and UN regarding this issue as well as our actions. We should let them play out before we take unilateral action that will anger the rest of the world.
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:07 pmnickwp Says:
(Lots of sound and fury, signifying nothing)
Gee, I wonder if bombing Iran would make them hate the US more, or less…
I don’t know in which parallel reality you live, but here in the real world the rulers of Iran won’t go starting a war with Israel using one or two imaginary nukes, when Israel can strike back with the 200 nukes that everyone knows they have.
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:12 pmnickwp Says:
I read a large amount of posts on here. OK. Let Iran get a nuclear weapon. Kid yoourself they are not secretly trying to deveolp a nuclear weapon.
What a bunch of nitwits and that’s nice way of saying how stupid you all sound. If you don’t like Bolton, that’s cool, but you are ignorant to thinnk Iran won’t work toward a nuclear weapon and stupid to think they won’t try to use it first agianst Israel.
Israel will hit them first, that you can bet on. For all you duumbass uneducated pacifists, you’re just hating one man and not seeing the real picture. Oh, I forgot, Iran loves us……Doah!!!!!! Israel will take care of the first step because if they don’t, thay won’t exist anymore. Wake up world. You want a nuclear holocaust? Geehz, get a brain, do your research. Dum Dumbs
Dammit I usually forgive typos and slight errors in the comments, but when you call us “uneducated” and then write as you do…
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:15 pmpags2 Says:
No one has advocated letting Iran get a bomb and doing nothing. However, our first reaction should not be to bomb them. Even as much as I would like to see them bombed, we can’t allow our emotions to govern our actions. There are initiatives by the EU and UN regarding this issue as well as our actions. We should let them play out before we take unilateral action that will anger the rest of the world
Seems like a lot of uneducated people here. No offense pags2, just seems like most people here are attacking a man without thinking about reality. I’m not saying I agree with Bolton, just saying it’s relly stupid to think Iran won’t attack if they get one. And as far as the EU and particuarly the useless UN, don’t expect them to do anything.
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:18 pmPoint is, can’t let Iran get a bomb and Israel will hit them before that happens. After that we will be dragged into it.
Second point, most of these posts have never been in the military (I have), so they are blowing smoke out their asses to attack the entire Bush administration. They basically just don’t get it. Again no offense pags2, at least you seem to have some common sense but for god and our sakes, don’t depend on the UN.
Nickwit, we spent the last 8 years threatening Iran, how’d that work out? We spent he last 8 years N korea, how’d that work out? We attacked Iraq just likeyou want us to do to iran, for the same reasons, how’d that work out? Idiot.
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:19 pmnickwp Says:
I’m not saying I agree with Bolton, just saying it’s relly stupid to think Iran won’t attack if they get one.
Why would they self-suicide like that? It’s one thing to have suicide bombers killing themselves for Al-Qaeda, but a suicide country is a far different thing altogether.
Point is, can’t let Iran get a bomb and Israel will hit them before that happens. After that we will be dragged into it.
So, in order to avoid Israel bombing Iran, and getting dragged into an Israel-Iran war, you’re advocating the USA bombs Iran instead… and starting an USA-Iran war. Is that it?
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:25 pmBobwurst
Luis Chapulin M
Bob,
You hit it. The UN sanctioned Iran and North Korea. My point. Results. North Korea got a lot of fuel oil and food and now have 6-8 bombs. Iran is still playing Europe and the UN.
Luis Chapulin M,
You’re a real dick head because I am not the best typist in the world doesn’t mean I am as stupid as you. Maybe we should bomb your sorry ass.
Ever been in Uniform? Ever been shot at?
It will only take one nuke to obliterate Israel. Not a big country or don’t you know the geography and the power of a nuke. Stupid ass.
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:31 pmThe latest! Iran’s in trouble now! Bolton will be parachuted into Iran…with a stick!
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:37 pmI believe the UN is corrupt and ineffective. I feel the same way about the EU because Europe tends to want to keep trying diplomatic means even when they are being played by Iran and NK. However, if Israel or the US strikes at Iran, I would rather be in the position of saying the UN and EU had their chance and did nothing. I would have no problem with a unilateral action provided we have exhausted our other avenues.
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:47 pmpags2.
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:59 pmI agree. But if one nuke hits Israel they are gone and a lot of Palestinians also. Even if Israel retaliates, let’s hope to god they can shoot down the incoming nuke. They only get one chance.
So I think it is all a moot point because Israel will strike long before anyone else does. It’s their existence.
And unfortunately if that happens we will be drawn into the conflict. I don’t advocate bombing Iran (except the bastards who sneak adavnced directed IEDs into Iraq that kills our troops), but Israel has their very existance at stake.
I don’t agree with Bolton making open public statements like he did. But it pisses me off that we as Americans can be so naive as to think Iran and even North Korea won’t bleed us to death. The only good hope is that Iran knows that Israel will strike unilaterally so maybe they will tone down their rhetoric and theats.
Great point pags2.
The dynamics of the Middle East are such that the oil rich Arab states do not want to see a nuclear Iran. Privately, they would like to see a strike by Israel or the US. The oil rich states do not want to be in the shadow of a nuclear Iran because it would diminish the power of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE. These states will not openly advocate a strike but they will not impede one or denounce a strike if it happens. Bolton’s comments only complicate the diplomatic efforts of the UN and EU. I prefer to see both organizations hang themselves with inaction. The US should not give Iran the opportunity to blame the US like the current situation. Obama is playing this perfect by saying less. That does not mean Obama is doing nothing. His trip to the Middle East was for consultations on Iran. I am sure the Arab states have laid out a framework for the US and Israel taking unilateral action against Iran. However, I think Iran has bigger internal problems at this time which need to play out.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:15 pmDivided We Fall Says:
“Wow! Targeted force on a country that has never attacked another country in it’s history!…”
Exactly so. And all the more ironic, since the suggestion that we use force (on Iran, a country that has never attacked another country in it’s history) is made purportedly in defense of a country (Israel) that has invaded EVERY country on its borders (and attacked some that aren’t…like Iraq).
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:21 pmnickwp Says:
Bobwurst
Luis Chapulin M
Bob,
You hit it. The UN sanctioned Iran and North Korea. My point.
No, your point is that we should bomb the hell out of country that “might” get nukes in the future. My point is that your boy bush tried beligerance with both countries and the result is that N Korea built 6 nukes during bush’s tenure, and Iran went further to the right because of bush. and hey, I’m a dickhead to, if that means I don’t agree with you…
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:21 pmMaybe Bolton’s wife has been following #iranelection on Twitter the past month and he’s feeling neglected.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:24 pmnitwit, if we’re going to use military service as a benchmark here, what branch did you serve in? Who was shooting at you? Why would you support a president who served in the military but never received an honorable discharge?
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:26 pmUsing any force against Iran at all right now would absolutely have the opposite effects what would be intended (of more compliant Iran). It would galvanize the Iranian nation (not a small nation, incidentally) and cause a near-holocaust in the Middle East.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:35 pmMr. Bolton does not understand that life is not a Rambo movie, and he does not understand that invading Iraq didn’t exactly work out like we thought it would either.
Anyone that would take this A-hole seriously is admitting they are a complete moron…..or a Neocon. Same thing. You don’t attack a country or suggest another country do it for you on a premise and you especially don’t attack one that is about to have a revolution in our favor.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:39 pmBobwurst.
You’re a nitwit because you thought my misspelling a few words makes you look intelligent.
1st Signal Brigade, US Army, Vietnam 69-70.
Bobwurst
“Why would you support a president who served in the military but never received an honorable discharge?”.
Because a soldier follows orders, not always right but necessary, unless it is an unlawful order under the “Uniform Code of Military Justice”.
And who said I supported a president who never recieved an honorable discharge? That’s a democratic statement that is not supported in fact.
Why would you support a presdident who never served in the military? The same reason I would and do. He’s the president.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:51 pmHe makes mistakes and he makes good decisions also. Find some balance in your discussion.
By the way Bobwurst, did you vote for Al Sharpton?
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:53 pmBolton knows exactly what he is doing. He wants to try and push Obama around by using public opinion and Congress to force Obama’s hand on foreign policy. The neocons are setting themselves up to claim Obama is soft on security and defense. Bolton will continue stirring the pot to make it difficult for Obama and Clinton. His statements should not make their way into the mainstream media since the only purpose is to second guess Obama. Let Fox give him a soap box and he can talk to the radical right.
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:10 pmMaybe AEI (American Enterprise Institute) dressed up Evil Captain Kangaroo in his diplomat suit and sent him out to test the waters for a new war.
He has apparently reclaimed ownership to the bomb Iran melody that McCain popularized during his presidential bid.
Is Lieberman interested in a duet?
There is no date on the actual statement. Certainly it was made before June 15th.
Is there no statute of limitations on diplomatic immunity?
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:30 pmnickwp Says:
Luis Chapulin M,
You’re a real dick head because I am not the best typist in the world doesn’t mean I am as stupid as you. Maybe we should bomb your sorry ass. Ever been in Uniform? Ever been shot at?
No, never been in uniform, never been shot at. You could very well argue that going into combat makes you braver, but I don’t see how getting shot at makes you smarter.
It will only take one nuke to obliterate Israel. Not a big country or don’t you know the geography and the power of a nuke. Stupid ass.
Israel has 20,000 square kms. Give or take a few kms, a 20 Kt nuclear weapon should destroy at the most 10 sq kms. Here, educate yourself.
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:46 pmWhy would any reasonable person give a gnat’s a*s for what “Colonel Mustard” has to say?
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:22 pmHe’s not stupid. He was responsible for getting the U.N. to revoke its UN General Assembly resolution equating Zionism and racism.
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:57 pmcan we use “targeted military force” between the creases in john bolton’s brow?
he’s more dangerous than the nukes ffs.
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:11 amThis dude not only looks and dress speaks like a clown, he speaks like a dangerous fool advocating a nuclear war. There is no other reason to think otherwise.
Someone left the gates open at the asylum.
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 amBolton is a slimy Zionist MOSSAD agent and should be held in prison the rest of his life.
But hey, that’s just my “opinion”
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