http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310421,00.html
Bolton Book: Powell Wanted to Offer ‘Carrots’ to Iran Over Nuke Program
“The Europeans had a long list of them — trade and investment options, technology,” Bolton said. “The list of carrots was always longer than the list of sticks.”
Well just wait till Clinton gets her stick out, really works well on Bill./sarc
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/bolton_un_return/2007/11/10/48398.html
Bolton Blasts U.N. at U.N.
Now free from his White House shackles, Bolton pulled no punches as he lectured reporters.
When asked about the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (the U.N. atomic watchdog) , Mohamed ElBaradei, who has been actively trying to head off U.S. moves to impose new sanctions on Iran for its refusal to halt its atomic “research” program Bolton said:
“He is an apologist for Iran. His actions have been contrary to Security Council resolutions. He may not think he is a secular Pope, but he thinks he is a secular cardinal who is over and above the member governments. This is a fundamental perversion of the way the IAEA ought to work. I think he is discrediting the IAEA and harming a very important UN agency.”
On the potential of U.S. military strike on Iran:
“I always used to say when the President said it was unacceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapons that he was a man of his word. When he said unacceptable, I thought what he meant was unacceptable. What that means is that you have to use military force if there is no other option.”
While the book has drawn mixed reviews inside the U.N., (the U.N. book store refuses to carry it), outside the world body, critiques seem to fall along partisan lines, republicans generally like it, democrats have called it a “waste of time.”
While the book has drawn mixed reviews inside the U.N., (the U.N. book store refuses to carry it), outside the world body, critiques seem to fall along partisan lines, republicans generally like it, democrats have called it a “waste of time.”