Bolton, who is quite spectacularly wrong about so very much, cannot be wrong all the time.
“Bolton calls Iran assassination plot an ‘act of war,’ calls on Biden admin to ‘terminate’ nuclear talks,” by Brooke Singman, Fox News, August 11, 2022:
EXCLUSIVE: Former White House national security adviser Amb. John Bolton said the assassination plot against him by an Iranian operative, and continued threats from Iran to American citizens on American soil is “unprecedented” and “an act of war,” telling Fox News the Biden administration has been “signaling weakness” to Tehran and should “terminate” negotiations on the Iran nuclear deal.
The Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against Iranian operative Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, for an alleged plot to assassinate Bolton, who served as former President Trump’s national security adviser until 2019.
U.S. officials said the plot was likely planned in retaliation for the January 2020 strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, a revered Iranian leader and the head of Iran’s Quds Force.
In an interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday, Bolton said he had been “aware” of plots against him for “some time.”
Bolton said in the spring of 2020, the FBI contacted him with a “duty to warn.”
“I was given several duties to warn as time went on, and each one was becoming a little more serious,” Bolton said, noting that he went to a meeting at the FBI in the fall of 2021, where officials explained the latest information they had on plots against him.
Bolton told Fox News he requested U.S. Secret Service protection, which he had during the Trump administration but which was terminated upon his resignation.
The FBI granted the request for USSS protection in December 2021, and Bolton told Fox News that protection is ongoing.
But Bolton said he is not so concerned about the individual plot against him, but rather, threats from Iran against all Americans.
“It is not just me,” Bolton said. “The regime in Tehran has targeted a lot of Americans.”
“The aim here is to kill Americans on American soil, and its former government officials,” Bolton explained. “This is a broad threat to private American citizens on American soil, and I think it is, essentially, unprecedented.”
He added: “You could call it an act of war, and it tells you everything you need to know about the government in Tehran.”…
“Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, through the Defendant, tried to hatch a brazen plot: assassinate a former U.S. official on U.S. soil in retaliation for U.S. actions,” U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves for the District of Columbia said this week.
Meanwhile, Bolton went on to slam the Biden administration for engaging in negotiations with Tehran to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, known as the Iran nuclear deal.
“To me, more important than the threats to the individuals is that catastrophic strategic policy that the administration is pursuing to try and revive the 2015 nuclear deal,” Bolton said. “You’ve got a government that absolutely won’t honor any commitments it makes—it will do whatever it thinks is necessary to get nuclear weapons.”
He added: “People are deluding themselves if they think that if we give Iran enough concessions, that they gain to let us back into the nuclear deal—they’ll do what they want to do.”…
Fred Alan Medforth says
BOYCOTT HIM ! In 1989, Cat Stevens, aka Yusuf Islam, publicly spoke out after his religious conversion, in favour of the death penalty against Salman Rushdie
https://medforth.biz/boycott-him-in-1989-cat-stevens-aka-yusuf-islam-publicly-spoke-out-after-his-religious-conversion-in-favour-of-the-death-penalty-against-salman-rushdie/
mortimer says
Cat Stevens cannot have any sense whatsoever to leave the Golden Rule and to adopt the thuggish Brotherhood Rule of Islam, namely, the following:
Koran 48.29 – “Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
Those with him are VIOLENT (ashiddaa’) against the unbelievers (kufaar),
Compassionate amongst themselves.” – (Richard Bell’s translation
Islam commands Muslims to behave VIOLENTLY to people of another religion, because they disbelieve that Mohammed is a valid prophet..
CogitoErgoSum says
Yes, and the same amount of violence is to be directed by Muslims towards those who leave Islam. If Cat Stevens ever does renounce Islam (Submission) he will have to worry about ending up like Salman Rushdie. He would need plenty of security guards at his next concert … and he would probably be charged with racism if he refused to hire anyone who is a Muslim.
CogitoErgoSum says
Yeah, what a great idea to have an open border so anybody and everybody can come to the USA. Who knows how many well-trained Iranian assassins have walked into the country since Biden opened up the gates.
CogitoErgoSum says
BTW, don’t expect these assassins to make any moves against Joe Biden. His administration is a great asset for the Iranians. They will wait until a more conservative President takes office. However, I am sure they will do whatever they need to do to get rid of Trump at the first good opportunity. And, as I said, Biden and his administration are a great asset to them in achieving their goal of getting revenge for the killing of Soleimani. Trump needs to be very careful.
mortimer says
For once, Bolton is correct: he claimed “the Biden administration has been “signaling weakness” to Tehran and should “terminate” negotiations on the Iran nuclear deal..
Biden is seen by all dictators as the 97-lb weakling and they are lining up to kick sand in his face.
Fred Alan Medforth says
After his response to Salman Rushdie assassination: much criticism of Austrian President Van der Bellen
https://medforth.biz/after-his-reaction-to-salman-rushdie-assassination-much-criticism-of-austrian-president-van-der-bellen/
Infidel says
One wonders whether that affects Bolton’s support of Biden. He left the Trump administration in protest against talking to the Taliban, but what Biden did went way beyond anything President Trump was proposing or had agreed upon. Yet there Bolton is w/ the Cheneys, Kinzingers and other detractors of Trump
Nielsen says
That war monger uses any excuse to promote wellfare-warfare. Using Salman Rushdies name is a disgrace to Sir Salman.