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John Bolton unloads on Trump’s ‘disrespectful’ foreign policy
NY Post ^ | September 18, 2019 | 6:15pm | Bob Fredericks

Posted on 09/18/2019 4:57:58 PM PDT by conservative98

Ex-national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday ripped President Trump’s aborted plan to invite the Taliban to Camp David, saying the move sent a “terrible signal” and was “disrespectful” to the victims of 9/11 because the Taliban had harbored al Qaeda.

Bolton, speaking at a private luncheon, also said that negotiations with North Korea and Iran were “doomed to failure” on the president’s watch, two people who were there told Politico.

All the North Koreans and Iranians want is relief from sanctions to support their economies, Bolton told guests at the event hosted by the Gatestone Institute, a conservative think tank.

“He ripped Trump, without using his name, several times,” said one attendee.

Bolton also said more than once that Trump’s failure to respond to the Iranian attack on an American drone earlier this summer set the stage for the Islamic Republic’s aggression in recent months — including Saturday’s large-scale attack on the Saudi’s oil industry.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bolton; boltonbitter; boltonfired; boltonhuggers; disrespectfulbolton; familyop; hippies; iran; janefonda; johnbolton; leaker; nevertrumpers; outrightlibertarians; taliban; talibanhuggers; trump; warmongering
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To: HighSierra5

Trump wants us out. If we leave a void that something like ISIS fills and uses as a staging area then we will get pulled back in. So the goal is to find someone able to wield local control who is interested in working with us.

An example was Qaddafi in Libya before the Obama-Clinton wizards decided to kill him leaving behind a failed state. Qaddafi wasn’t our buddy but after Reagan tamed him he wasn’t our enemy and he managed to keep a lid on Libya.


41 posted on 09/18/2019 5:30:32 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: conservative98

“Negotiations with North Korea and Iran were ‘doomed to failure.’”
Very sad to see a brilliant scholar who wrote “No Surrender” sink into the fears of the radio personality Mark Levin. Wringing hands is neither good policy nor good mental health.


42 posted on 09/18/2019 5:30:35 PM PDT by Falconspeed
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To: InterceptPoint

But Tru.p placed the Progs in the ridiculous position of defending a guy and his policies that they have been linking n.v to Hitler the last ten fifteen years. And Trump will let them continue until he tweets the incoherence of their attacks.


43 posted on 09/18/2019 5:30:46 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat; All

Thanks for your post; and for all posters. BUMP!


44 posted on 09/18/2019 5:33:15 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: AndyJackson

Not the point.


45 posted on 09/18/2019 5:35:05 PM PDT by rrrod
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To: Freedom56v2
Gatestone is very pro-Israel, so I guess that makes them "neo-conservative", but some might dispute whether "conservative" is really the best designation for them.

Bolton ran the place from 2013 to 2018.

46 posted on 09/18/2019 5:37:28 PM PDT by x
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To: Freedom56v2
The Gatestone Institute may be a lot of things, but a “conservative think tank” is not one of them. It’s a bunch of globalists no different than something I’d expect to see on William Kristol’s resume.

This report does mention that John Bolton was the former CHAIRMAN of that organization for five years before he joined the Trump administration, which says an awful lot about the information in the link I posted above in #36.

47 posted on 09/18/2019 5:38:29 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: All

I was an early Trump supporter...and Bolton needs to respect the office.

However, of the 2 things he stated....is Bolton wrong ??

1. Horrible idea to invite Taliban terrorists to Camp David on week of 9/11 Anniversary.

2. When Iranians shot down 2 Drones there was no military response.

I think he is correct on these two items. Though, he should respect the President and the politics involved and be loyal to Trump.


48 posted on 09/18/2019 5:39:10 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: SkyPilot

Exactly!
Get those two freaking Nitwits OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE!!


49 posted on 09/18/2019 5:40:10 PM PDT by acapesket (all happy now?)
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To: Freedom56v2

Was he boo’d?


50 posted on 09/18/2019 5:40:45 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: conservative98
I USED to respect Bolton.

ML/NJ

51 posted on 09/18/2019 5:41:17 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: conservative98

Just sit down and be quiet, Mr. Bolton! At least have some grace in your exit!


52 posted on 09/18/2019 5:42:46 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: rrrod
Inviting taliban scum in is a bad idea.

NEVER doubt this President!

ML/NJ

53 posted on 09/18/2019 5:43:14 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: conservative98
For the record, I never liked this guy in any capacity. He's a warmonger of the highest order. He would be willing to send thousands of our men and women into battle just to advance his personal ideology.

He's nothing more than another tattle-tale backstabber and this only solidifies my opinion of him.

54 posted on 09/18/2019 5:43:27 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: samtheman

Same. But it’s complicated. I think he’s extremely knowledgeable about geopolitics. Brilliant really and he can explain these things well.

But..... then he always leans towards war as a solution.

Eff him. TRUMP is pro military and anti war. I like it.


55 posted on 09/18/2019 5:44:06 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: samtheman

“There was a time I thought I liked this guy.

I was obviously misinformed.l

Me too. He seemed to be a very intelligent, no nonsense kind of guy. I can accept that that him and Trump had different agendas, but this backstabbing has made me lose all respect for him.


56 posted on 09/18/2019 5:44:55 PM PDT by suthener
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To: ml/nj

I don’t....but talks could be held elsewhere.


57 posted on 09/18/2019 5:45:21 PM PDT by rrrod
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To: rrrod

The bigger farce is the fact that United States foreign policy (Reagan) created/funded the Taliban and Frankenstein’s monster has been biting us back ever since.
Trump was right in having a Pow-Wow, after all Trump is trying to fix the mistakes that were made in the past and trying to prevent the same Carter Doctrine BS that has been a staplepoint in our inept foreign policy since before Carter/post WWII.


58 posted on 09/18/2019 5:45:35 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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To: conservative98

Anybody really surprised by this?


59 posted on 09/18/2019 5:49:16 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: conservative98
Deep State (which includes Deep State Military), you are insulting us. After 18 years we are still in Afghanistan????

I am disgusted! Young American men and women are dying! And you Deep State bastards sit on your butts pontificating. You had 18 years to get the job done and you didn’t.

YOU ARE FIRED!!!

60 posted on 09/18/2019 5:50:13 PM PDT by Chgogal (Trump: Make America Great Again. Democrat: Make America Mexico Again.)
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