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John Bolton: Obama Should Declare Victory in Iraq

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Although John Bolton says the situation in Iraq is far from resolved, he hopes that President Barack Obama takes advantage of recent successes.

"I think President Obama should declare victory, that would be the smart thing to do," says Bolton.
John Bolton: Is NATO Outdated?

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Peter Robinson and John Bolton debate the future of NATO, and whether or not the organization is outdated.

"The issue of whether NATO has a future is up to the Europeans," says John Bolton.
John Bolton Says Obama Administration 'Naive'

02 min 08 sec

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Peter Robinson and John Bolton critique President Obama's stance on opening a dialog with Iran.

"The evidence...is this is a very naive, inexperienced and uniformed administration," says Bolton.
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theknopfknows

Posted: 07.16.10, 06:04 PM

Sounds real to me. His experience and getting to the nitty gritty of any issue in a common sense way. Opinions here matter little because we the reader, know not all the information. Mr. Bolton and his positions give him access to vast amount of info. My feelings are, straight forward Man, works hard at what duties are needed. Bolton, the bolt, does his homework, unlike many others. Over acheiver, loves His work!

billclymer

Posted: 04.07.10, 12:41 PM

This guy is an embarrassment to humanity. The neocon scum and the blind support for Israel will destroy this country

aleodonzo

Posted: 03.17.09, 06:06 PM

Indeed, Al Qaeda was not a worldwide organization prior to 9/11 attacks. The Bush adminstration was right to launch attacks on Afghanistan in pursuit of Al-Qaeda or to arrest those who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks. Had the Bush adminiostration confined the war to Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda would have been a history. The administration squandered this opportunity by diverting the war to Iraq. The Iraq played into Al-Qaeda propaganda machine within the arab and muslim world that the United States was out to cause chaos in the muslim world. Al-Qaeda propaganda appealed to muslims worlwide. As a result, US interests around the world were targeted by Al-Qaeda and some its copycats. The Bush administration, of which Mr. Bolton was a senior member,judgment was wrong.

SolarUpNote

Posted: 03.16.09, 11:28 PM

At the very end, Bolton congratulates Bush for preventing another terrorist attack in the US. Don't forget that the threat from Al Qaeda was severely exaggerated by the Bush administration right after 9/11. Watch the BBC documentary "The Power of Nightmares" to see that Al Qaeda was a very small and desperate organization in 2001. NOT a worldwide organization with sleeper cells in 60 countries (as Bush claimed). (part 3 of "The Power of Nightmares" is about Al Qaeda) http://video.google.com/videosearch?...&hl=en&tab=wv#

aleodonzo

Posted: 03.16.09, 07:37 PM

Mr. Bolton is entitled to his view, and I do respect his view when he said that Iran acquisition of nuclear weapon is unanimously opposed by Arab states and Israel, and for that reason United States should stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapon. The truth of the matter is that Mr. Bolton does not know the real feelings of the Arab states. Let me remind Mr. Bolton that it does not make sense, even to a political novice, to take seriously the position of arab dictators who actually lack legitimacy in their respective countries. Mr. Bolton must be reminded that, come what may, the future of the arab world rests upon the shoulders of silent majority whom he and his former administration brushed aside. Having said that, I honestly believe that nuclear weapon in the hand of Iran must not be tolerated. What I would not accept is to scapegoat the "unanimous arab opposition" as a reason to stop Iran from acuiring nuclear weapons. President Barack Obama smart diplomatic approach is the best way forward.

Zukzuk

Posted: 03.15.09, 10:04 AM

Well, I could make a list, but let me comment on the very first few minutes of this 'interview'. John Bolton conveniently separates the Iraq war problem in 2 questions (as he has done many times). This is simply a retoracle device to make the problem manageable for his side of the story. He effectively separates the decision to invade from all the subsequent effects of the invasion. Therefor the decision to invade can NEVER be wrong, even a raving left wing loonatic would agree. It also gives him a nice advantage over people who would criticize him for the effects of the war, by saying that is somehow a separate question. A statement like this SHOULD be challenged by any interviewer, even if they're in agreement. Simply to clarify the duality in the statement. Later they go even further and separate the war in 3 stages (quite ridiculous) and dare to take credit for the 1st AND 3rd phase. Well, the first phase... ok. A 20 gazillion army beat a 20 penny army. I guess we could concede that one, but to take credit for the third is a little bizarre. The single biggest cause for the lower levels of violence was the pact US troops made with former jihadist groups (something Obama is now proposing to do with 'non radical' Taliban groups in Afghanistan) AND the extra American troops on the ground(I must say I'm quite impressed with the performance of the American troops overall). Again, I could go on. But you see my point. There actually are a lot of assertions and opinions here that should be challenged to make thing clearer. By the way, I never said John Bolton said things that are untrue, just that he is very skilled in turning a conversation his way.

MeMyself+I4life

Posted: 03.14.09, 07:41 AM

Really Zutzuk. Not that I disagree with your interviewer comment, But was what Bolton was saying untrue? Are other middle eastern countries worried about Iran getting nukes? They're not assertions...they're facts. The only opinion proffered was his last quote concerning the naive-nature of Obama's administration.

Zukzuk

Posted: 03.10.09, 05:55 AM

What a unattractively uncritical interviewer. Bolton is always clear about what he thinks, but there where many moments in which he should have been pressed about his opinions and assertions...