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Amb. John Bolton: Two critical conclusions from Orlando terror attack
Fox News ^ | June 12, 2016 | Amb. John Bolton

Posted on 06/12/2016 3:50:44 PM PDT by jazusamo

Sunday brought the latest terrorist attack in America, the largest mass shooting in U.S. history, with all its attendant tragedy. Words cannot adequately describe the horror that engulfed the scene of this massacre, caused by one Omar Mir Seddique Mateen.

Beyond the human cost, however, also lies the tragedy that Barack Obama, speaking even as it became clear that the murderer was a radical Islamic terrorist, is still unable or unwilling to draw the appropriate conclusions. The president’s remarks omitted any linkages between the cold-blooded murders, the terrorist’s ideology, and the broader international threat that motivated the Orlando killer and perhaps others yet unknown.

We will, in the coming days, doubtless hear that the terrorist was a lone wolf, that he did not belong to any known terrorist organization, that there are no wider threats. In particular, those who are blind to the terrorist threat will downplay even the incontrovertible fact that Mateen pledged loyalty to ISIS as he committed his murders.

Two critical conclusions follow immediately from Sunday’s tragic reality, one with immediate implications for our domestic safety, and one for conducting the broader international war against terrorism.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Florida; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bolton; florida; gaykkk; gunfreezone; homosexualagenda; isis; johnbolton; libertarians; mateenisis; medicalmarijuana; obama; omarmateen; orlando; orlandoterrorattack; pulsenightclub; terrorism; trump
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To: AlanGreenSpam

I listened for three words in the turkey’s presser; Islam, Muslim and radical...They weren’t there and it surprised me he actually said “terrorist.”


21 posted on 06/12/2016 4:00:36 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Alberta's Child
Oh, and here's another one ...

Bolton: Kosovo Debate Resurfacing in White House

22 posted on 06/12/2016 4:00:50 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: Sacajaweau

I hope he’s at the top of top of President Trump’s short list for SOS. The guy was on point on that interview with Heather Nuaert on FoxNews. She brought up the whole “you can’t defeat an ideology” argument (playing devil’s advocate?), and he said “You can’t defeat Nazism? You can’t defeat communism? Sure you can!”


23 posted on 06/12/2016 4:00:57 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: miss marmelstein

One of my FB friends is all tore up because the gays got attacked.

I just asked her if she thought she would feel the same way if it was a Bible school full of Baptists, because you know, the muslems hate Christians just as much as they do homosexuals.......


24 posted on 06/12/2016 4:02:00 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: jazusamo

Every time I listen to Amb. Bolton, I hope he is chosen by Trump for a cabinet post.


25 posted on 06/12/2016 4:03:14 PM PDT by teletech
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To: jazusamo
Obama’s resolve and determination are AWOL.

That depends on what his resolve and determination are, which I think are obviously not one of protecting America's citizens.

26 posted on 06/12/2016 4:04:03 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: Alberta's Child

Yeah, but he could really blow: ‘When a man loves a woman’ and ‘How am I supposed to live without you.’
Bolton would step off an elevator and say, “Man, that music really rocks!”


27 posted on 06/12/2016 4:04:19 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: scottinoc
This country doesn't need a big-government globalist in that position.

The establishment Republican candidates who would have appointed someone like Bolton as Secretary of State are all piled in garbage dumpsters after the 2016 primary season because Americans are sick of the sh!t John Bolton brings to the table in Washington.

28 posted on 06/12/2016 4:04:51 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: volunbeer

Stand corrected. You’re right about that.

So, we nuke Baghdad. And Mecca... I’m down with it. I have been down with that since 9/11/01. I’d throw in Kabul, too.


29 posted on 06/12/2016 4:05:10 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: jazusamo

You can get investigated by the FBI TWO TIMES, then travel to Afghanistan for weapons training but THEN also pass an FBI BACKGROUND CHECK..?!??!?!?!?!

If the check didn’t stop THIS MADE-TO-ORDER JIHADI FROM CENTRAL CASTING, then exactly WHO will such checks stop..????

Come on..!

Checks are DE-FACTO GUN-REGISTRATION..!!!


30 posted on 06/12/2016 4:05:16 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: jazusamo
Bolton's 2 points: 1) all Muslim attacks are at some level coordinated and never lone-wolf and 2) we need to go over there and wipe out the base stations of Islamic terrorism

No mention of immigration? Trump is right in mentioning this first. Why doesn't Bolton even mention immigration?

And as far as going over there to wipe them out, I do not agree with this, necessarily. I think we need to protect ourselves at home in the strictest possible way.
31 posted on 06/12/2016 4:05:56 PM PDT by jobim
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To: jazusamo

“We will, in the coming days, doubtless hear that the terrorist was a lone wolf, that he did not belong to any known terrorist organization, that there are no wider threats.”

This will be the Obama mantra, while each future attack will increase the rant for more gun control, and Obama’s failures go unmentioned and buried by the mainstream media. And the slaughter will not only be unabated, but will likely intensify.


32 posted on 06/12/2016 4:06:36 PM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: deadrock

YES.
And this was not a terrorist attack.
It was another ACT OF WAR.
Our borders should be secured immediately by the military and the National Guard patrolling the streets, or it WILL happen again.....and again....and again.
Thanks to our pussy politicians in DC, we have lost more Americans on our own soil. Obama’s reaction is disgraceful and he will probably attend another ramadan dinner now.


33 posted on 06/12/2016 4:07:01 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: jazusamo

I hope Trump uses Bolton and Ralph Peters as well WHEN he wins the election and takes office.


34 posted on 06/12/2016 4:07:58 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (By His wounds we are healed.)
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To: jazusamo

I have an eye out for omars.


35 posted on 06/12/2016 4:08:30 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Wow, you can spot the paid trolls in the comment section after the article.

Gotta hand it to the d-rats, they are all coordinated and in lock step with each other.


36 posted on 06/12/2016 4:08:38 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: jobim
1. John Bolton doesn't mention immigration because he's an open-borders globalist.

2. That fact that his "solution" involves a course of foreign military intervention without any border protection or immigration enforcement here at home is Exhibit A in support of my contention that John Bolton is completely full of sh!t and has no interest in protecting Americans here in the U.S.

37 posted on 06/12/2016 4:08:45 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: deadrock
Thank you ZPGers!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

38 posted on 06/12/2016 4:08:50 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: Robert DeLong

That’s a valid point, in my view 0bama hates America.


39 posted on 06/12/2016 4:09:10 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo
Mo hammed OBama said it was not Islams fault
40 posted on 06/12/2016 4:09:10 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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