June 23 2008. John Bolton continues his drumbeat for war

Bolton: Israel Will Attack Iran After U.S. Election But Before Inauguration, Arab States Will Be ‘Delighted’»

This morning on Fox News, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton continued his drumbeat for war against Iran. Adopting Bill Kristol’s argument, Bolton suggested that an attack on Iran depends on who Americans elect as the next President:

I think if they [Israel] are to do anything, the most likely period is after our elections and before the inauguration of the next President. I don’t think they will do anything before our election because they don’t want to affect it. And they’d have to make a judgment whether to go during the remainder of President Bush’s term in office or wait for his successor.

Bolton gamed out the fallout from an attack on Iran. He claimed that Iran’s options to retaliate after being attacked are actually “less broad than people think.” He suggested that Iran would not want to escalate a conflict because 1) it still needs to export oil, 2) it would worry about “an even greater response” from Israel, 3) and it would worry about the U.S.’s response.

Bolton then concluded that Arab states would be excited if the U.S. or Israel attacked Iran:

I don’t think you’d hear the Arab states say this publicly, but they would be delighted if the United States or Israel destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons capability.

Click here to watch: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/22/bolton-arabs-delighted/

Bolton has said he is backing John McCain because he would handle the Iranian nuclear program in a “stronger” way than the Bush administration.

GOOD OL' JOHN BOLTON, CFR member, proud neo-con, super-hawk, and another Israeli butt kisser. Oh my yes--if LaRaza McCain gets annointed, you can be certain that war with Iran will be right around the corner, IMO. On the other hand, if Comrade Senator Obama gets annointed, he'll make war on his fellow Americans. Some choice.

If Israel is to attack Iran, they better do it before Obama takes over. Because if they attack during Obama's first weeks in office. He and the lousy U.N. will intervene. Like they did when they were at war with Hezbollah. Then, the U.N. intervened and stopped Israel before they could secure the win.

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