Bolton to Israel: Attack, It’s Your Right
Bolton to Israel: Attack, It’s Your Right – Middle East – News – Israel National News.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, said in an interview published Friday that he does not believe President Barack Obama will order an attack on Iran, now or in the future, and urged Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear program on its own.
Speaking to Maariv‘s Tzach Yoked, Bolton said that “there is no way at this stage to prevent Iran from going nuclear without use of force. It is very unfortunate in my opinion, but I see no possibility that Obama will use military force, and therefore it falls upon Israel. I think that even though the Administration says that containment is not its policy, it will become its policy the day after Iran possesses nuclear weapons. They won’t like it, but they do believe that a nuclear Iran can be contained, just as we contained the nuclear Soviet Union during the Cold War.”
“Iran is not in a race for building one or two bombs,” Bolton continued. “I think they believe that time is on their side and they will continue with what seems like a well thought-out plan, mostly because they believe that the United States under Obama’s leadership will do nothing. And of course, they are afraid of Israel, but I think they trust Obama to pressure Israel not to do anything, and until now this has proved right.”
“I think Israel, like any other country, has a legitimate right to self defense,” Bolton told Maariv. “Israel has twice attacked enemies that were developing nuclear weapons, and it has the right to do so in this case as well.”
In a separate interview for the Intermountain Jewish News, Bolton said he would rather see the U.S. attack Iran: “The US has much greater [military] capabilities [than Israel]. That’s why Israel wants the US to do it. I believe the US should do it because we’ll get blamed anyway. Therefore, we might as well make sure it gets done right.”
“I blame not only Obama, but the [G. W.] Bush administration,” he added. “Sanctions are only good if they are comprehensive, swiftly applied and rigorously enforced. Obama has met none of those conditions.”
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WarSclerotic 
August 31, 2012 at 1:56 PM
The more Israel will feel the lack of international consensus regarding Iran, the more idiotic statements will be made by the idiots Obama put in the command of the USA Army, the more will grow the probability that an all out assault will be mounted against Iran, the Israel biggest arch foe. And that will be done by Israel alone.
Should Obama conducted a surgical operation against the nuclear installation in Iran then we won’t be here today and a regional war won’t explode here, in the Middle East.
But this problematic man doesn’t leave a chance for us, here, facing Iran, but going to defend ourselves in front of the daily calls for our destruction from the iranian shiite clerics.
Its no more a problem of nuclear sites, centrifuges and uranium.
Its a problem of survival and Israel will survive while all those iranian zealots will perish.
August 31, 2012 at 3:35 PM
I can see it now. Israel wages a fiece military campaign against Iran. Iran sustains casualties and infrastructure damage. The press goes wild. Disparity of force. Inhumane losses of civilian life. Not enough Israeli casualties compared to Iranian. Sound familiar?? As for Obama, I knew he was going to throw Israel under his hellish bus. As for me, the hurricane has passed. Minimal damage to trees, none to home. Lucky I guess. Didn’t get much sleep with all the wind. Very stressfull watching 100mph gusts slaming across the yard. This was officially a Cat 1…but we all suspect it should have been classified as a Cat 2. In any event, all is well except for a big clean up operation. Wish I could say the same for other folks in the area. Too bad these things don’t hit Iran. A few Cat 5’s from Allah would set them straight.
August 31, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Steve….
So glad you hear you made it. Wish the same for us…
August 31, 2012 at 4:26 PM
Thanks JW…here’s something interesting, similar to the ‘parting of the Red Sea’. Just read an article that said the Mississippi River actually flowed in reverse for about 24 hours during the storm. I guess the storm surge combined with the drought in the upper mid-west made this possible.
August 31, 2012 at 5:25 PM
Glad to have you back, Steve. We missed your sharp spirit but the good news are that you are well.
August 31, 2012 at 4:45 PM
The Mississippi flowing backwards… Wow. I rely on our bible scholars here to tell us if that’s covered in “Revelations.”
August 31, 2012 at 6:34 PM
Joseph, You don’t really believe that Revelations bible stuff do you? I mean it’s just Bronze age mythology and superstition. Apologies if you were joking !
September 1, 2012 at 7:44 AM
Big time joke, John.