[NYTr] John Bolton, Amerikan Warmonger

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John Bolton, American warmonger

Fmr. U.S Ambassador to the UN., John Bolton: "U.S. should destroy
Iran's nuclear sites"; "Bring Japan Australia and Israel into NATO"!

["Bolton said it is 'entirely feasible' that Israel could launch the
attack Iran) - But without elaborating, he said it would be probably
better if the United States bombed Iran's nuclear plants."]

and 

["I wouldn't abandon the UN. I would look for alternatives," he said,
recommending the establishment of an enlarged North Atlantic Treaty
Organization with new members such as Australia, Japan and Israel." ] -


Excerpts from speech in Toronto by John Bolton, former US ambassador to
the UN:

Canadian Jewish News - Nov 15, 2007
http://www.cjnews.com/
http://tinyurl.com/2y5ktc

Destroy Iran's nuclear sites: former ambassador

By Sheldon Kirsher, Staff Reporter

Toronto - The bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities should be combined
with active efforts to change its Islamic regime, says John Bolton, the
former American ambassador to the United Nations.

Bolton, speaking recently at a UJA Federation of Greater Toronto's
Major b Gifts dinner at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, elaborated by
saying that Europe is reluctant to apply military pressure on Iran,
while UN sanctions  will not induce the Iranians to give up their quest
for nuclear arms.

Admitting that the West's options are "very limited" and that the
resort to force is not "a desirable choice," he said that western
nations have two stark alternatives.

They can either passively accept Iran's militarized nuclear program or
destroy it as part of a greater effort to replace the Islamic regime in
Tehran.

During a brief question-and-answer session following his tough speech,
Bolton said it is "entirely feasible" that Israel could launch the
attack.

But without elaborating, he said it would be probably better if the
United States bombed Iran's nuclear plants.

"The critical point is to break the nuclear fuel cycle," he said,
referring to Iranian attempts to enrich uranium.

Bolton, however, warned that Iran may have duplicate facilities.

Claiming the Iranian regime is fragile, Bolton said it faces
challenges  from restive minorities, young people opposed to its
theocratic policies and Iranians tired of enormous economic problems.

Scoffing at Iran's claim that it is running short of oil and gas
reserves  and therefore requires nuclear energy for peacetime use, he
cited a U.S. study concluding that Iranian fossil fuel supplies will in
fact last for 350 more years.

Many countries are watching the West's response to Iran's nuclear
buildup, said Bolton, a neo-conservative who served as UN envoy from
August 2005 to December 2006. If Iran acquires an atomic bomb, Arab
countries will try to emulate its example.

Accusing Iran of being the "central banker" for such militant Islamic
organizations as Hezbollah and Hamas, and of funding and maybe even
sending personnel to fight alongside Shiite radicals in Iraq, he said,
"Iran is pushing out and waiting to see if anyone will push back."

Bolton warned that a precipitate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would prompt
neighbouring countries to cosy up to Iran and thereby increase its
influence in the Mideast.

Evidence suggests that the Israeli Air Force bombed what was probably a
North Korean-built nuclear facility in Syria on Sept. 6, he said,
adding that Syria most likely would not have engaged North Korea
without Iran's approval.

Striking a gloomy note on the eve of the forthcoming U.S.-sponsored
Middle East regional peace conference in Annapolis, Md., Bolton voiced
doubt whether "anything positive" will come out of it.

The Palestinians are simply too divided to play a role as Israel's
partner, he said, alluding to the split between Fatah and Hamas.

He also suggested that the resolution of Israel's conflict with the
Palestinians should take a back seat to a more pressing issue - the
re-arming of Hezbollah since the 2006 war in Lebanon.

In a sharp critique of U.S. policy, Bolton said that instead of
focusing on a two-state solution to defuse the Arab-Israeli dispute,
the Bush  administration should ask Egypt and Jordan to assume
respective responsibility for the Gaza Strip - which is presently
controlled by Hamas - and the West Bank, which is occupied by Israel.

He said that implementing a two-state solution will be difficult, if
not impossible, because of the divisions in the Palestinian camp.

In a reference to the current political turmoil in Pakistan - a
predominantly Muslim country with a nuclear capability - Bolton
expressed regret that its embattled president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf,
has seized emergency powers and suspended the constitution.

But he added that his government, albeit autocratic, is preferable to
an anti-American Islamic regime.

"Musharraf is not a Jeffersonian democrat, but we have some very
important equities in Pakistan."

Saying that Musharraf is better than his Islamist rivals, and that
radical Islam is pervasive in Pakistan, Bolton praised him for helping
the United States overthrow the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after Al
Qaeda's terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001. "In Musharraf,
you have someone who's tried to roll back Islamic radicals."

A post-Musharraf era might well give Islamic extremists access to
Pakistan's nuclear sites. "Pakistan is a nuclear weapon state," he
declared. "Those warheads in the wrong hands represent a threat to the
U.S., the West and Israel."

A longtime critic of the UN who has been quoted as saying that the
international community should be led by the sole remaining superpower,
the United States, Bolton, in his speech, judged the UN in terms of its
effectiveness as a useful "instrument of American policy."

There have been occasions when the UN has been effective, he said,
citing its humanitarian work. But its "political decision-making
mechanisms" have been faulty.

"I wouldn't abandon the UN. I would look for alternatives," he said,
recommending the establishment of an enlarged North Atlantic Treaty
Organization with new members such as Australia, Japan and Israel."