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Eugene

(61,900 posts)
Sun May 10, 2015, 04:24 PM May 2015

GOP 2016 contender John Bolton touts foreign policy expertise on Isis and Iran

Source: The Guardian

GOP 2016 contender John Bolton touts foreign policy expertise on Isis and Iran

John Bolton, ex-Bush administration ambassador to UN, warns of Isis infiltration
into US and says Iran could lead ‘nuclear holocaust’ against Israel


Sabrina Siddiqui in Greenville, South Carolina
Sunday 10 May 2015 17.36 BST

As Republicans plot to retake the White House in 2016, a crowded and diverse field of contenders is vying for the party’s nomination. Among declared and as-yet undeclared hopefuls are three US senators, two former presidential candidates, a handful of governors, a former Silicon Valley CEO and a retired neurosurgeon.

A former ambassador to the United Nations may soon add his name to the list of candidates, citing a lack of experience among rivals on what many Republicans believe will be one of the defining issues of the next election: foreign policy.

John Bolton, who served in the administration of George W Bush, descended upon the South Carolina Freedom Summit on Saturday to test the waters for a 2016 presidential bid. His message: under Barack Obama, a terrorist attack is imminent.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/10/john-bolton-2016-republican-foreign-policy-hillary-clinton
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GOP 2016 contender John Bolton touts foreign policy expertise on Isis and Iran (Original Post) Eugene May 2015 OP
Dr. Frankenstein's asst. assures public he KNOWS the monster he helped create. blm May 2015 #1
John Bolton has exactly 0 chance. I really have to wonder who is so deluded that they Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #2
Will Dick Cheney run too? LeftInTX May 2015 #3
Let's go to war once more Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #4
OMG you can't be serious! Rosa Luxemburg May 2015 #5
I hope he gives a lot of speeches & press conferences. I want his insanity on the okaawhatever May 2015 #6
John Bolton is running now? Terra Alta May 2015 #7

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
2. John Bolton has exactly 0 chance. I really have to wonder who is so deluded that they
Sun May 10, 2015, 05:04 PM
May 2015

convinced him to run. (Besides himself, of course.)

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)
5. OMG you can't be serious!
Sun May 10, 2015, 10:30 PM
May 2015

Bolton is the most obnoxious creature of all. The one who wanted to get rid of the United Nations.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
6. I hope he gives a lot of speeches & press conferences. I want his insanity on the
Sun May 10, 2015, 10:58 PM
May 2015

record. That man is. bat$hit crazy. People need to learn just who the architects of the Iraq war were, every last one of them.

Terra Alta

(5,158 posts)
7. John Bolton is running now?
Sun May 10, 2015, 11:04 PM
May 2015


If, by some chance, he made it to the White House, we would have nothing but war, war, endless war. No thanks.
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