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John Bolton: Bomb, Bomb Iran
IBD ^ | May 7, 2008

Posted on 05/08/2008 9:25:01 AM PDT by Kaslin

Middle East: Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton says we should take out Iranian camps that train Iraqi insurgents. Not a bad idea. Besides denying our enemies sanctuary, it might give pause to Iran's nuclear ambitions.


As much as we hate the lefties comparing Iraq to Vietnam, there are things that do give one a sense of deja vu. Once again we see an enemy able to keep fighting, supplied by those who use a line on a map to protect them.

In remarks reported by the London Telegraph, John Bolton advocated an end to the policy of allowing the Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards to openly operate training camps run by personnel from Lebanon's branch of Hezbollah to train fighters from anti-government Iraqi militias.

Ending the policy would be provocative, as Bolton acknowledged, and Hezbollah has the capability to stir up trouble around the world, even in this hemisphere. But they'll eventually come after us even if we don't. Kicking the can down the road doesn't work any more than it did when the Allies failed to respond to the horse-drawn infantry of Adolf Hitler when his troops re-entered the demilitarized Rhineland of 1936.

Bolton noted the risk of a hostile response by Iran and/or its puppet, Hezbollah, but said the damage inflicted by Iran would be "far higher" if Washington continued to take no action. "This is a case where the use of military force against a training camp to show the Iranians we're not going to tolerate this is really the most prudent thing to do," he said. "Then the ball would be in Iran's court to draw the appropriate lesson to stop harming our troops."

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TOPICS: Editorial; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ambassadorbolton; bombiran; iran
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1 posted on 05/08/2008 9:25:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

When are the muzzies gonna start “taking out their own trash?”


2 posted on 05/08/2008 9:27:24 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Kaslin

The former official is out on his own and can look forward to never getting a job with any Admin ever again. He is on a par with Jimmy Carter except encouraging different bands of enemies.


3 posted on 05/08/2008 9:28:25 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's still unclear what impact global warming will have on vertical wind shear)
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To: Kaslin

Enough talk.

Time for action.


4 posted on 05/08/2008 9:30:41 AM PDT by roaddog727 (BS does not get bridges built - the funk you see is the funk you do)
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To: kellynla

They can’t....they are ALL trash!


5 posted on 05/08/2008 9:30:41 AM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: Kaslin

The mullahs understand one thing: Ordnance on target. We should accomodate them. Cluster bombs would be nice.


6 posted on 05/08/2008 9:32:35 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: RightWhale

Nevertheless, he is correct.


7 posted on 05/08/2008 9:33:30 AM PDT by Finop (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.)
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To: RightWhale

Why would any administration want an official who has a brain and makes common sense?

Not getting Bolton appointed to the UN Ambassador is another line on the list of Bush backing down and showing no gonads.

Bolton has absolutely no comparison to Carter. Bolton has the nads. Carter lost his at an early age.


8 posted on 05/08/2008 9:33:50 AM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: Finop

No, he is wrong. So is Carter. At least they are private citizens and speak only for themselves.


9 posted on 05/08/2008 9:34:47 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's still unclear what impact global warming will have on vertical wind shear)
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To: Kaslin
>"Once again we see an enemy able to keep fighting, supplied by those who use a line on a map to protect them."

Our enemies show a blatant disregard for this "line" in their open acts of WAR against US.

Why should we give the "line" any more or less consideration? What? Are the moozies in the UN gonna condemn us? Is the NYT gonna give it front page disrepect?

Bidnezz az uzuall!! Bombs Away!!!!

10 posted on 05/08/2008 9:35:18 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (If you're not following Jesus, just who are you following, and where are they leading you?)
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To: Kaslin

Iran is also causing mischief in Lebannon. Israel is also getting flak.

When a country becomes a pain in the rear, it is time to thump them with some whooopass.


11 posted on 05/08/2008 9:35:26 AM PDT by jonrick46
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To: o_zarkman44
Bolton has absolutely no comparison to Carter. Bolton has the nads. Carter lost his at an early age.

Do you have evidence for that? That Carter once had a pair?

12 posted on 05/08/2008 9:36:41 AM PDT by magslinger (cranky right-winger)
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To: o_zarkman44

He’s on autopilot. Out of date since 1971.


13 posted on 05/08/2008 9:36:42 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's still unclear what impact global warming will have on vertical wind shear)
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To: magslinger

......That Carter once had a pair? .....

A rabbit got them


14 posted on 05/08/2008 9:37:55 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The Bitcons will elect a Democrat by default)
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To: magslinger

Rush probably has the list of the leader of the new castrade’ Jimmah Carter. As far as personally, don’t care.


15 posted on 05/08/2008 9:39:59 AM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: bert

Nice story, but I’m pretty sure he didn’t have them at any time while he was president.


16 posted on 05/08/2008 9:47:43 AM PDT by magslinger (cranky right-winger)
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To: RightWhale

Carter is failure in every sense of the word, that is fact...

July 15,2005
“After London attack, cleric urges: ‘Annihilate infidels’ Less than a day after the terrorist bombings in London, the Palestinian Authority’s official television channel broadcast a sermon calling for extermination of all non-Muslims. “Annihilate the Infidels and the Polytheists! Your [Allah’s] enemies are the enemies of the religion!” said Suleiman Al-Satari in a July 8 broadcast translated by Israel-based Palestinian Media Watch, or PMW. “Allah,” the cleric continued, “disperse their gathering and break up their unity, and turn on them, the evil adversities. Allah, count them and kill them to the last one, and don’t leave even one.” http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1443850/posts

As for Bolton: Nevertheless, he is correct.


17 posted on 05/08/2008 9:49:46 AM PDT by Finop (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.)
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To: Finop

If oil at $300 and rationed for the next century is rational.


18 posted on 05/08/2008 9:53:44 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's still unclear what impact global warming will have on vertical wind shear)
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To: RightWhale
Bolton aggressively works to forward US interests. Carter aggressively works against US interests.

Bolton has made some mistakes, but his policies are usually based in reality, and he does understand that there are consequences of both action and inaction.

Carter has made nothing but mistakes, and his policies aren't remotely based on reality.

There's really not much similarity between the two.

19 posted on 05/08/2008 10:09:28 AM PDT by untrained skeptic
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To: kellynla
When are the muzzies gonna start “taking out their own trash?”

A pig in a mud wallow doesn't recognize mud as a bad thing. They would first have to recognize the trash for what it is before they would feel compelled to take it out. It's like Clintons definition of "is".

20 posted on 05/08/2008 10:21:15 AM PDT by PsyOp (Truth in itself is rarely sufficient to make men act. - Clauswitz, On War, 1832.)
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