The neocons are ratcheting it up a few notches. All the way to nuclear war.
Here is what former ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said in Chicago on Tuesday.
"Negotiations have failed, and so too have sanctions...So we're at a very unhappy point -- a very unhappy point -- where unless Israel is prepared to use nuclear weapons against Iran's program, Iran will have nuclear weapons in the very near future," he said.
In other words, the way to avert the danger of a nuclear attack is to launch a nuclear attack.
Read this from Daniel Luban at Inter Press Service.
And know this. John Bolton is no outlier. Like Feith, Perle, Kristol and Krauthammer, he is at the heart and soul of neoconservatism.
Give him credit. He says what neocons think. It's war they want, even nuclear. Anything to stop nuclear proliferation!
Will Bolton get his war? Not likely. But Luban explains what he's really up to. "It is nothing new for Bolton and his neoconservative allies to threaten an Israeli strike against Iran. But Bolton's use of the "n-word" is, I believe, new for him, and marks a significant rhetorical escalation from the hawks. An Israeli strike, nuclear or otherwise, without U.S. permission remains unlikely. But as it often the case, I suspect that Bolton's intention is less to give an accurate description of reality than it is to stake out positions extreme enough to shift the boundaries of debate as a whole to the right."
In other words, nuclear war is only Bolton's dream -- something to hope for but not really expect to get.
Crossposted at Media Matters Action Network
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddgm0ScSnx4
So Bolton is paving the way for the world to be grateful when the USA or the IDF unloads everything but the N-bomb on the Iranians. This man is highly dangerous. He needs to go on a retreat of atonement to Gaza, spend time with the Palestinian families; learn firsthand the effects of what he has advocated for yrs.
“This week it became clear that the Americans are full partners in the creation of Israel’s 'nuclear option'. How was this exposed? With the help of Mordecai Vanunu, of course...Everybody understands that he has no more secrets. What can a technician know after 18 years in jail, during which technology has advanced with giant steps?
"...it becomes clear what the security establishment is really afraid of. Vanunu is in a position to expose the close partnership with the United States in the development of Israel’s nuclear armaments.
“This worries Washington so much, that the man responsible in the State Department for “arms control”, Under-Secretary John Bolton, has come to Israel in person for the occasion. Vanunu, it appears, can cause severe damage to the mighty super-power.
"By the way, this John Bolton is an avid supporter of the group of Zionists neo-cons who play a central role in the Bush theater. He opposes arms control for the United States and its satellites..."
The Rest:
http://www.wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1336&Itemid=222
The USA is not surrounded by any Iranian bases.
Iran doesn't have weapons and has not used any.
The USA has weapons and has used them.
Who threatens world peace?
Most of us don't quake in fear of the mighty Norwegian military juggernaut.
Remember the movie War Games? Joshua (the computer) played out nuclear war scenarios ad nauseum. He finally concluded that it was a stupid game, and nobody wins.
He went back to Tic-Tac-Toe.