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John Bolton tells tall tales about Iraq and Iran in Dallas Thursday
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| Last Edited | RP Apr 22, 2008 06:35am |
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| News Date | Friday, April 18, 2008 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Were it anyone else speaking, some of the quotes from Thursday's NCPA lecture series might have been shocking. But with John Bolton at the helm, the occasional unchecked assertion was expected.
At one point when discussing Americans' perceptions of the war and what should or should not have been done, the Former Ambassador to the U.N. clarified, "The war in Iraq lasted three weeks... We were completely victorious." The audience seemed confused. He continued playing a game of semantics with the term "war" and the U.S.'s current effort to alleviate terrorism in the region. The largely favorable crowd then became fidgety when Bolton made the following statement:
"It's not because we didn't have a plan for what happened after Saddam was overthrown. We had too many plans. We had lots of ideas, no one of which prevailed; no one decision was made."
To which one attendee within earshot said, "So, what you're saying is, there was no plan."
The 40-minute conversation, moderated by Fox News Senior Correspondent Eric Shawn, wasn't a pro-Bush rally by any means, as Bolton expressed fault with how the administration has thus far handled many things. Throwing various factions under the bus, in jest and in seriousness, including Democrats, Baby-Boomers, and the New York Times, towards the end he turned his sights on his favorite whipping boy, the United Nations: "I like to say it was a target-rich environment in New York and I didn't get nearly as many as I wanted." |
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