John Bolton desperately pleading for war with Iran

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Bolton: Regime Change In Iran ‘Would Lead To Greater Stability In The Region’»

Continuing his long-running advocacy for a war against Iran, John Bolton said on Fox News today, “Diplomacy is finished.” Bolton said there are only two options: targeted military strikes or full-scale regime change. He added:

I think regime change would be preferable because I think that would lead to greater stability in the region as a whole.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/bolton-stability-in-region/


Justin Logan comments, “I have an eerie feeling that I’ve heard this somewhere before, but I just can’t place it…” How about just a few reminders:

President Bush, 2/26/03:

Acting against the danger will also contribute greatly to the long-term safety and stability of our world.

Vice President Cheney, 8/26/02:

Regime change in Iraq would bring about a number of benefits to the region. When the gravest of threats are eliminated, the freedom-loving peoples of the region will have a chance to promote the values that can bring lasting peace.

John McCain, 2/14/03:

Only a change of regime will make Iraq a state that does not threaten us and others, and where a liberated people assume the rights and responsibilities of freedom. … Not only would deterrence condemn the Iraqi people to more unspeakable tyranny, it would condemn Saddam’s neighbors to perpetual instability.

Despite his unceasing advocacy for war, Bolton is always quick to remind his audience that he finds war detestable and “deeply unattractive.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/06/bolton-stability-in-region/

[eshfemme]

1. Goddammit, have people not learned ANYTHING AT ALL from these past 8 years?

OMFG, I am about to have a migraine out of the frustration. Why do these people never learn? Now, I have to hope that Obama doesn't have to clean up after another failed war in addition to Iraq and Afghanistan when he takes office in January.

[LynnTheDem]

2. "Spread democracy" by "regime changing" an elected government.

The bush regime badly needs changing.

"There is something seriously wrong with these people."

[irislake]

3. They told you

they create their own reality!

[JaneQPublic]

4. Uhm, was Bolton ever in the service, or is he yet another GOP Chickenhawk?

For that matter, does he have any position in government anymore?

It's time the walking mustache takes a chair and STFU.

[LynnTheDem]

7. John Bolton; 6 yrs NG; "no desire to die in a rice paddy"

"I confess that I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asia rice paddy,"


Eliot Abrams, did not serve

Paul Wolfowitz, did not serve

Richard Perle, did not serve

Douglas Feith, did not serve

[LiberalEsto]

5. So let him & Dick go fight it by themselves

if they want war so badly.

[gratuitous]

6. Speaking of detestable and deeply unattractive . . .

You want a war with Iran so badly, Mr. Bolton? You first. We'll be along, oh, just anytime. But don't let the rest of us stop you on your holy mission. Surely God wouldn't frown on the righteousness and justice of your cause. Go right ahead.

[Hubert Flottz]

8. John should be leading the first wave of the invading force.

[Solly Mack]

9. I swear that if someone would just shave that horrible moustache of his, he'd go tharn

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

10. I wouldn't have thought it possible

for one's head to remain so firmly lodged up his own ass for seven years.

Bolton has officially proved me wrong. :puke:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Maybe our Democratic congress-folk

could maybe vote "no" to funding a war in Iran.

Maybe.