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Bolton Defends Trump's Canceled Iran Strike: Don't Mistake Prudence For Weakness
National Public Radio ^ | June 23, 2019 | Daniella Cheslow

Posted on 06/23/2019 7:36:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton on Sunday defended President Trump's move to order, then cancel a strike on Iran.

"Neither Iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness," Bolton said. "No one has granted them a hunting license in the Middle East."

He spoke in Jerusalem alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bolton said he is in the Middle East for previously scheduled meetings with Israeli and Russian security advisors. And he warned Iran that the U.S. remains a formidable adversary.

"Our military is rebuilt, new and ready to go," Bolton said....

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bolton; djibouti; eritrea; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; johnbolton; lebanon; sudan; trump; yemen

1 posted on 06/23/2019 7:36:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Makes sense to me.


2 posted on 06/23/2019 7:47:49 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

History shows that Trump was wise not to draw first blood.


3 posted on 06/23/2019 7:50:24 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wait! Stop! I thought Bolton was a raving war monger.
4 posted on 06/23/2019 7:57:37 PM PDT by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think that if Iran wants a nuclear weapon we should give them one. Or two. Or three.....


5 posted on 06/23/2019 7:59:28 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Next time we launch a cyber attack on them they will really suffer...we’ll block their porn.


6 posted on 06/23/2019 8:04:32 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bigbob

LOL


7 posted on 06/23/2019 8:08:53 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’d like to see the Iran military hacked so they attack themselves.


8 posted on 06/23/2019 8:34:07 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Send the a-holes a bill for the drone equivalent for all the money the Kenyan gave Iran.


9 posted on 06/23/2019 8:59:29 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: HighSierra5

Used!


10 posted on 06/23/2019 11:26:06 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: bigbob

Or take out their “On-line Camel and Goat Dating sites!”


11 posted on 06/23/2019 11:27:17 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will all be he Bolton haters now apologize or shut up???


12 posted on 06/24/2019 12:58:52 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: HighSierra5

So you desire nuclear war with Russia??

Are you as insane as the mussies who await the Mahdi


13 posted on 06/24/2019 1:00:08 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have heard Bolton being interviewed before. Regardless of his personal opinions, I have heard interviews that show he is enough of an adept bureaucrat to understand that you should publicly support your boss’s policies and decisions.

I would not equate this statement with being Bolton’s opinion.


14 posted on 06/24/2019 6:48:10 AM PDT by RatRipper
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