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John Bolton: Strike On Iran Is Israel's Only Option
Newsmax ^ | July 13, 2009

Posted on 07/14/2009 6:17:56 AM PDT by Fennie

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton asserts that with Iran's hard-line regime still in control, Israel's decision on whether to attack Iran's nuclear facilities is "more urgent than ever."

The unrest that followed Iran's disputed presidential election suggested that regime change could possibly be in the offing. But that prospect seems lost for the near future, or at least for as long as it will take Iran to produce a deliverable nuclear weapon, Bolton argues.

"Accordingly, with no other timely option, the already compelling logic for an Israeli strike is nearly inexorable," he declared in an article published in the Washington Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at free-lebanon.com ...


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KEYWORDS: bho44; iran; iraq; islam; israel; jihad; nuclear; obama; wot
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1 posted on 07/14/2009 6:17:57 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie

sure looks that way


2 posted on 07/14/2009 6:24:48 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: Fennie
And those who repeatedly said Bush was going to handle the Iranian bomb problem years ago were wrong. Any chance of it ended with the garbage CIA “report” that there was no evidence that Iran was pursuing the bomb. That Iran had stopped its program bla, bla, bla...

If Israel doesn't stop them, they will have the bomb and it won't be long from now. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if they already have one from either Russia, Pakistan or North Korea. If Israel attacks and Iran uses a nuke in response they can simply say they used it in self defense... And sadly much of the world will say Israel got what it deserved... Dark days ahead...

3 posted on 07/14/2009 6:25:49 AM PDT by DB
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To: Fennie

John Bolton should be sitting in the White House.


4 posted on 07/14/2009 6:26:36 AM PDT by panaxanax (Our Founding Fathers: The first American anti-government group.)
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To: Fennie

There is one problem. Without good BUNKERBUSTERS they need Special Forces on the ground.


5 posted on 07/14/2009 6:27:31 AM PDT by Strategy
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To: panaxanax

Palin-Bolton: We can see Russia from here—and they aren’t about to bleep with us.


6 posted on 07/14/2009 6:28:28 AM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: Strategy

Spray em down with DDT.


7 posted on 07/14/2009 6:34:01 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Fennie

Mr. Bolton comes closer to speaking the truth and knowing the reality than any other in the Washington Con game.


8 posted on 07/14/2009 6:34:50 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Fennie

May Bibi and Israel steep themselves in prayer... they need it, we all need it.


9 posted on 07/14/2009 6:37:45 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ez 38 look for Solano re: 'peace and security' confirm 7 yr. covenant. hook meet jaw/)
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To: panaxanax
This is the same John Bolton who similarly lectured the Clinton Administration that toppling the Milosevic government in Serbia on behalf of Muslims in Kosovo was our "only option" back in 1998-99.

None of these @ssholes has any credibility left.

10 posted on 07/14/2009 6:42:40 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (God is great, beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Then perhaps YOU should run for President.


11 posted on 07/14/2009 6:46:08 AM PDT by panaxanax (Our Founding Fathers: The first American anti-government group.)
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To: PhilDragoo

>>”Palin-Bolton: We can see Russia from here—and they aren’t about to bleep with us.”<<

Actually, Mrs. panax and I voted (write-in) for Bolton/Palin. Still pretty much the same.


12 posted on 07/14/2009 6:50:41 AM PDT by panaxanax (Our Founding Fathers: The first American anti-government group.)
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To: panaxanax

Obama’s ‘defense plan’ leaves us vulnerable !


13 posted on 07/14/2009 6:52:31 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: panaxanax
I'M NOT FOR SALE.
14 posted on 07/14/2009 7:16:42 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (God is great, beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
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To: Fennie

I met a shite muslim man many years ago working in Richmond, va and over time began having frank discussions about religion and life in general, I being a Christian told him without Jesus sacrifice we would be consumed by our own sins, and Mohamm_mad was a liar and a thief.. he would say Jesus was not the son of God as God was too great to have children(which I found to be totally naive as all species have the abilty to have children and we are created in His image)
He began to speak of what they were waiting for to attack the world as is shown in their prophecy, to them there will be a time where the west will crumble economically, and due to some solar/nuclear event would have all electrical grids wiped out, all modern weapons would be rendered useless. That is when the muslim world will attack with swords and spears. He said the African Americans would convert to Islam as they have been long oppressed..although in the next breath he would say they made good slaves..(puke be upon Him)
Over time he told me his confidant was a blind cleric, and as a muslim he must get the approval from a cleric to make any decisions.. I am convinced he spoke of the cleric now in prison for the first world trade center bombing..
Of course the authorities know him...as after 911 he was so happy for the muslim world, and many colleagues reported him to the fbi/cia..
I am sure there are many interpretations of islam as there are Christianity, but make no mistake this is the overall view of the Iranian regime.


15 posted on 07/14/2009 7:22:14 AM PDT by aeonspromise
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To: Fennie

Our best UN Ambassador since Jeanne Kirkpatrick.


16 posted on 07/14/2009 8:52:07 AM PDT by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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To: Fennie

Our best UN Ambassador since Jeanne Kirkpatrick.


17 posted on 07/14/2009 8:52:10 AM PDT by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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To: dervish

Yep


18 posted on 07/14/2009 8:52:38 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
The unrest that followed Iran's disputed presidential election suggested that regime change could possibly be in the offing.
Iranian regime change is in the offing -- but it's all in who's getting offed.
19 posted on 07/14/2009 9:02:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Alberta's Child

Bolton is not wrong here.


20 posted on 07/14/2009 10:40:17 AM PDT by Islaminaction
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