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Now that Rummi is long gone, Bolton gets my vote for Biggest Asshole in the Bush Administration (BABA) award. Ever seen him on the Daily Show or elsewhere? He's worse than Cheney. He basically argues that the American people voted for Bush, twice, so Bush gets to do whatever he feels like. A stunningly fascist view of representative democracy.

Posted by Big Sven | July 1, 2008 8:57 AM
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Ummm... upon further reflection, I guess Bolton is in fact no longer in the Bush administration. I guess my prayers to the fictitious sky god worked. Carry on.

Posted by Big Sven | July 1, 2008 9:00 AM
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On the other hand, last I heard, Rumsfeld still had an office with the Defense Department, as a consultant...

I support handing over Bolton and Rumsfeld to the Hague for trial ASAP.

Posted by Just Sayin' | July 1, 2008 9:08 AM
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sounds about right - paint obama into a tiny corner so he has no choice but to advance the neocon agenda.

Posted by max solomon | July 1, 2008 9:29 AM
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Bolton is an asshole, and I think he's probably full of shit on this one.

Israel would love to take out Iran's nuclear program. The problem is that (as good as their military is) they lack the ability to undertake a sustained bombing campaign against Iran. They could probably pull off a few raids, but the destruction of Iran's well-dug-in nuclear program would require many, many raids over a long period. I just don't think the Israeli Air Force has that kind of depth.

The US, on the other hand, does have that kind of depth. So watch out for W getting in one last major fuck up in before leaving office.

Posted by Providence | July 1, 2008 9:40 AM
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Yeah! Whatcha goin' do about it Obama? Happy Innaguration Day present: World War Three!!!

Posted by George W Bush | July 1, 2008 9:58 AM
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There are some crazy motherfuckers in the Israeli government, kind of like, you know, our government. But, in the end, Israelis are pragmatic. They might do all they can to get the U.S. to do their dirty work for them, but they're not going to start WWIII all on their lonesome.

Posted by keshmeshi | July 1, 2008 10:30 AM
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I think the Israelis *will* bomb Iran. They will take the nuke facility for some small amount of time, 1-2 hours, kill everybody there, destroy the facility, and go home. Think Entebbe.

They'll do it precisely because it won't cause WWIII. The US can say "tsk, tsk, boys will be boys" and the Iranians will say "oooooooo, you crazy Zionists" and then everything will go back to its shitty base state.

Posted by Big Sven | July 1, 2008 10:41 AM
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So why isn't Senator McCain planning an invasion of Zimbabwe?

I thought he was concerned about Democracy, not just oil ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | July 1, 2008 11:30 AM
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Isn't Bolton the guy who predicted that the Iraq war would pay for itself?

Cuz, you know, that prediction didn't work out so well.

Posted by Reverse Polarity | July 1, 2008 12:16 PM
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Blackwater = wicked scary

Posted by run for the hills | July 1, 2008 12:23 PM
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the world has gone mad.

Posted by arydenotter | July 1, 2008 1:10 PM
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Yeah! We'd better go do that for them, before they go do what they want done!

Maybe we'll just provide the in-air refueling and help with the radar jamming, and then hold up our hands and say, "heyyyyy, we didn't drop any bombs!"

Posted by CP | July 1, 2008 11:35 PM

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