Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton discusses three critical hot spots in the Middle East. Bolton says the Obama administration spent all of its efforts on Syria trying to get sanctions approved at the UN and now it doesn’t really have a strategy moving forward. Bolton explains why the instability in Syria is very different than what we encountered in Libya. He also discusses Iran’s contradictory statements of wanting to discuss its nuclear program with the international community in one breath and calling for the extermination of every Jew within two years just days later. We’ll also ask Amb. Bolton about the differences between the U.S. and Israel over how to confront an unrepentant Iran. And Bolton suggests the instability in Egypt is what you get by throwing a longtime ally under the bus – as he alleges the U.S. did to Hosni Mubarak last year.
Archives for February 9, 2012
Three Martini Lunch 2/9/12
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Daniel Foster of National Review Online like seeing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio step up as a leader in the raging debate over contraception mandates in Obamacare. They also fear and question a new poll suggesting 20 percent of Republicans are leaning towards President Obama in 2012. And they discuss Los Angeles County’s new $1,000 fines for such dastardly crimes as playing frisbee or throwing a football at the beach.