Bolton rejects ‘grand bargain’ with Iran

Financial Times (UK) ^ | 09JUN06 | Daniel Dombey

[MJY1288]

John Bolton is the best U.N. Ambassador we have ever had.... PERIOD

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Mr Bolton, who describes himself as “not much a carrots man”

Luckily we have the right man in the right place at the right time.

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He said the EU, which conducted negotiations with Iran from 2003, had been embarrassed by a declaration by a former Iranian official that during that time the Islamic republic had worked on nuclear techniques.

Say what you will about Bush, but appointing John Bolten to the UN is almost as important as Conservative judges on the SCOTUS.

[mirkwood]

The state department has been our worst enemy when dealing with these guys. I thought Condo was going to fix it, but she is crapping all over the U.S. just like her predecessor.

[garyhope]

He's good to great and I like him, but we also had Jeanne Kirkpatrick. She was no slouch.

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Bolton is the best.

[MJY1288]

Very true

[SuzyQue]

Thank God for Bolton.

[StJacques]

Well I'm going to predict that the Iranians will not come to the table and deal.

The question will then become, now what?

And I don't place much hope in the UN for coming up with a solution either.

In spite of the clear dangers the next question I am going to ask presents, and I will state clearly that I do understand those dangers, is it not time to begin openly discussing a nuclear strike on Iran? I am very serious in what I propose. We will ultimately have to face the fact that if we don't launch one, we will all just be sitting and waiting for the moment when Iran does.

This is a moment for us to make the doctrine of preemption as well understood as we possibly can.

[edpc]

“They’ve got both feet on the accelerator....."

Good. It doesn't make the vehicle go any faster, but it drastically slows your reaction time when you need to brake and avoid a crash.

[PghBaldy]

I agree. He is refreshingly pro-American.

[PhilipFreneau]

John Bolton for President.

[Cinnamon]

[edpc]

Bahahaha....

That would smoke the servers over at Kos and DU. I'd like to float the rumor just to see their reactions.

[edpc]

What a silly cartoon. Bolton would never bother to knock.

;-)

[PghBaldy]

LOL. I saw him on Fox the other day. Reminds me of why I love the President so. I may not always agree with him, but he's done a heckuva lot of good for this country. We have had some great appointments, but this one in particular is a keeper.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

No, we should never plan a nuclear strike on Iran. There are millions of Iranians that like and respect Americans, and we would be making serious mistake in harming these good folks. The key would be a severe attack and destruction of Syria, taking out their armed forces and civilian population by the millions. Syria needs a good lesson, and if their people cannot overthrow their government, then so be it!!! When a nation commits itself to war, the object is total victory. Syria should be sent to hell, and maybe the Iranians will get the message as to reality in this world. However, it would even be better if we found Bin Laden and his ilk and slaughtered them all. I think the Iranians would begin to get the message!!!

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I agree. He is refreshingly pro-American.

Indeed. Jean Kirkpatrick would be proud!