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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts)
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 09:00 PM Oct 2022

John Bolton says that Biden 'overstated the gravity of the situation' with his 'Armageddon' remark

about Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons

Ex-national security adviser John Bolton said he was "disturbed" by President Joe Biden's recent remarks warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin's threats to use nuclear weapons in its war with Ukraine.

"I think any time we contemplate the potential use of nuclear weapons, we've got to take it seriously. But I also think we've got to be very clear-eyed about it," Bolton told CBS News on Friday. "And I think the president's comment overstated the gravity of the situation we're in right now."

"We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis," the president said Thursday, explaining that he didn't think there was a way to use tactical nuclear weapons and not have it result in Armageddon.

"I was particularly disturbed when he said, 'you know, I can't imagine the use of a tactical nuclear weapon that doesn't lead to Armageddon," Bolton said. "And it's that chain of causality from one demonstration use of a tactical nuclear weapon that Vladimir Putin is currently threatening all the way up to an exchange of nuclear salvos between Russia and the United States."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/john-bolton-says-that-biden-overstated-the-gravity-of-the-situation-with-his-armageddon-remark-about-putin-s-threat-to-use-nuclear-weapons/ar-AA12K8o8

Oh crawl back into your hole Bolton.
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John Bolton says that Biden 'overstated the gravity of the situation' with his 'Armageddon' remark (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2022 OP
Hey Bolton montanacowboy Oct 2022 #1
Frankly, I think Biden understated it Javaman Oct 2022 #2
FUCK JOHN BOLTON spanone Oct 2022 #3
No thank you. Yavin4 Oct 2022 #11
Cowardly irrelevant gasbag says what? mahina Oct 2022 #4
And why does anybody know what this irrelevant gasbag said? Eliot Rosewater Oct 2022 #9
⬆️ mahina Oct 2022 #12
Must need a topic for a new book. To be remaindered and self-bought for the puffery. erronis Oct 2022 #5
Bolton, many countries now have nukes. TigressDem Oct 2022 #6
lol.. &. Thinking people Cha Oct 2022 #7
STFU Yosemite Sam. Itchinjim Oct 2022 #8
Joe knew exactly what he was doing. brush Oct 2022 #10
+1 gulliver Oct 2022 #22
Bolton, STFU relayerbob Oct 2022 #13
That clown never saw a war he wasn't for now he is a dove. Putin has made that doc03 Oct 2022 #14
Mr. Walrus gay texan Oct 2022 #15
Hey John...remember that time The Unmitigated Gall Oct 2022 #16
Is he still around? Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #17
I don't give a flying fuck what that mustache has to say. SamKnause Oct 2022 #18
Mad Bomber Bolton says this because he wants to use tactical nukes if he gets back into power Celerity Oct 2022 #19
Does Bolton have access to the latest intelligence? Buckeyeblue Oct 2022 #20
Go crawl back under your rock, War Criminal. GoCubsGo Oct 2022 #21

montanacowboy

(6,089 posts)
1. Hey Bolton
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 09:03 PM
Oct 2022

eat your fucking mustache and choke on it. Do you think anyone gives a shit about what you think? Disgusting prick.

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
2. Frankly, I think Biden understated it
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 09:06 PM
Oct 2022

If you listen to the former generals and the various people from the UN, they are righteously worried

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
9. And why does anybody know what this irrelevant gasbag said?
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 09:17 PM
Oct 2022

Not criticizing the person here reporting it, but he had to be given a spotlight to say it, and he deserves no such thing.

erronis

(15,257 posts)
5. Must need a topic for a new book. To be remaindered and self-bought for the puffery.
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 09:09 PM
Oct 2022

The epitome of a talking head made out of cotton candy.

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
6. Bolton, many countries now have nukes.
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 09:10 PM
Oct 2022

We don't have any control over other countries and once these things start, it's hard to put the genie back in the bottle.

brush

(53,778 posts)
10. Joe knew exactly what he was doing.
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 09:26 PM
Oct 2022

Last edited Sun Oct 9, 2022, 12:53 PM - Edit history (1)

He was reminding Putin that we have nukes too and will use them if necessary.

Bolton, STFU. You're talking now but wouldn't talk during the trump impeachments when your words could've made a difference. Your ass saved it all for your book.

relayerbob

(6,544 posts)
13. Bolton, STFU
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 10:26 PM
Oct 2022

You've provided nothing for this country, and as someone who worked for a company you and your fellow board members screwed over to line your own pockets, I say, quite sincerely, fuck off.

doc03

(35,338 posts)
14. That clown never saw a war he wasn't for now he is a dove. Putin has made that
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 10:29 PM
Oct 2022

threat several times. What is Biden to say go ahead we can't do anything about it.

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,812 posts)
16. Hey John...remember that time
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 10:31 PM
Oct 2022

You were locked out of the White House, standing there with your thumb up your butt?

That was great. Classic you!

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
20. Does Bolton have access to the latest intelligence?
Sun Oct 9, 2022, 11:14 AM
Oct 2022

If not, how can he even comment on the gravity of the situation? I think we all understand that at the first use of a tactical nuclear weapon, NATO will enter into the war. They have to. And I think we would have to declare war on Russia. At that point China will have to decide whose side they are on.

I can't imagine an alternative course of action.

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