President Obama is pressing the U.S. Senate to ratify a new START agreement concerning the levels of the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals. But former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton says this is a ‘poorly negotiated treaty across a wide range of issues’. So what are his main objections? Why does he see an agreement premised upon fairness as much worse for us than the Russians? And why does he think this deal would only encourage Iran’s nuclear ambitions? Bolton also reacts to Guantanamo detainee and terrorism suspect Ahmed Ghailani being acquitted in civilian court of all but one of 284 charges related to the bombings of U.S. embassies in 1998. Why does Bolton see this as a ‘catastrophe’ for those favoring civilian trials for terror suspects? And what does he think of the Obama administration saying the one conviction shows civilian courts was the right venue? We discuss these two major issues with former Ambassador John Bolton.
