Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Bolton Urges Action on the Iran Question

Here's a piece from the UK's Telegraph on the Iranian threat and how former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton suggests we ought best deal with it. Given Iranian involvement in sabotaging our efforts in Iraq by attacking our troops there, it's not bad advice, although it's sure to provoke the rancor of the fiercest paleo-conservatism.
Mr Bolton said that striking Iran would represent a major step towards victory in Iraq. While he acknowledged that the risk of a hostile Iranian response harming American’s overseas interests existed, he said the damage inflicted by Tehran would be “far higher” if Washington took no action.

“This is a case where the use of military force against a training camp to show the Iranians we’re not going to tolerate this is really the most prudent thing to do,” he said. “Then the ball would be in Iran’s court to draw the appropriate lesson to stop harming our troops.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1931520/John-Bolton-US-should-bomb-Iranian-camps.html

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