John Bolton Supports McCain Because He's More Hawkish Than Bush on Iraq and Iran

[marmar]

from AlterNet's PEEK:




John Bolton Supports McCain Because He's More Hawkish Than Bush on Iraq and Iran

Posted by Satyam Khanna, Think Progress at 8:20 AM on February 9, 2008.

At CPAC, Bolton also revealed that McCain covertly pushed his nomination to the United Nations.




In remarks yesterday to CPAC, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) attacked Democrats for allegedly not recognizing "the threat posed by an Iran with nuclear ambitions," claiming to know that Iran is pledging to "possess the weapons to advance their malevolent ambitions."

Speaking at CPAC today, notorious Iran war hawk John Bolton emphasized his support for McCain, saying McCain proved he is "stronger" than the Bush administration with the senator's statement on Iran. Bolton claims Bush is too "moderate" and has a foreign policy in "freefall" because he has yet to bomb Iran:

I think Senator McCain's statement here yesterday on how he would handle the Iranian program is stronger than the current Bush administration policy. And thank goodness, because the Bush administration policy now lies on the ocean floor. ... I didn't think the policy the administration was pursuing was robust enough.

Echoing Bolton, this morning, McCain revealed that he was "skeptical" of the recent National Intelligence Estimate, which said that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons production in 2003. "I continue to worry about...Persian domination of the region," he said.

Bolton also revealed today that McCain covertly pushed his nomination to the United Nations -- "a nomination that was held up in Congress over Bolton's controversial anti-UN statements and policies":

He was very active behind the scenes...He thought I was the type of ambassador that ought to represent the United States at the United Nations.

John McCain: more hawkish than Bush on Iraq and Iran.


http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/76515/

[malaise]

1. All these lunatics and enablers should be locked up

in the Hague.

[baldguy]

2. If you want a new war with Iran, don't support the Democratic candidate for President.

[cyclezealot]

3. Who let the lunatics out of the asylum

Can you imagine the state of the western alliance with four more years of this. The west is seething now. Maybe MExico will want to build a fence on their side of the Rio Grande.