Former
UN Ambassador Bolton’s Harsh
Criticism for Obama
Christine Morabito -
Valley Patriot Tea Party Columnist
It disappointed many
conservatives when former United Nations
Ambassador John Bolton announced he was
not running for president. His invaluable
foreign policy experience is sorely
lacking in the current administration;
and the world is taking notice.
Obama is “the first president since
Franklin Roosevelt, since Pearl Harbor,
who doesn’t put protecting
America’s security at the top of his
priority list. He doesn’t wake up
every morning thinking to himself,
‘How can I make America
safer?’” so said Bolton in his
September 8 speech in Nashua, New
Hampshire. Instead, Obama “wakes up
every morning saying ‘How can I
restructure America’s economy? How
can I tax and redistribute more wealth?
How can I change America
fundamentally?’ which is what he
said he wanted to do in the 2008
campaign. ... He addresses national
security only when he has to.”
As Bolton sees it, the president’s
refusal to acknowledge the global war on
terrorism is, among other things,
“patronizing to Muslims. They are as
aware as we are, through their own tragic
experience, what happens when radical
jihadists engage in terrorism, often
against their fellow Muslims. ... It
doesn’t matter whether you talk
about it or not, it’s still out
there.”
Acquiring nuclear, chemical and
biological weapons remains one of Al
Qaeda’s highest priorities. Bolton
cited recent press reports showing that
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is
trying to produce a biological weapon
using the deadly agent, ricin. Ten years
after September 11, he believes we are
still incredibly vulnerable, yet,
“we now have people on the editorial
pages of major newspapers and in the
administration itself saying ‘The
war on terror is overstated. ’”
The ambassador criticized Obama for being
prepared to accept a nuclear Iran.
“For all the threats we’ve seen
… the administration has acted like
the greatest threat to international
peace and security in the Middle East is
Israel’s construction of apartment
buildings in East Jerusalem. … If
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got his fondest wish,
and Israel disappeared tomorrow, the
problems of potential nuclear strife in
the Middle East, the problems of
international terrorism would go on as if
nothing had ever happened.”
Although he has yet to endorse a
presidential candidate, Bolton, like many
of us, resents the choice being made for
him. “The professional political
commentariat … is trying to narrow
down the Republican field as quickly as
they can … so they can spend the
next 14 months [now 12] trashing that
person in order to help Barack Obama get
reelected.”
Why not run for President? Despite his
desire to spotlight foreign policy,
Bolton is aware that not all of his views
have broad-based appeal. For starters, he
is against ethanol subsidies, a position,
he joked, which would not be very popular
in Iowa.
As a strong voice for reform in the U.N.,
he often drew controversy. When asked
about Agenda 21, the U.N. policy designed
-- among other subversive objectives --
to disarm Americans, he repeated remarks
he made while serving in the U.N.
“We’re not going to agree to
any treaty that, if it were law in the
United States, would violate the Second
Amendment.” The insidious Agenda 21,
warmly embraced by the Clinton
administration, was their way of
“trying to put something through the
U.N. that would have never made it
through the Senate.”
Regarding immigration, he admitted,
“… another reason I’m not
running for president. I believe we
should increase legal immigration. More
insistence on Americanization would help
people do well in this country.”
The hawkish Bolton considers Obama’s
lack of interest in foreign policy both
dangerous and naïve. While he admits the
defense budget is not without its share
of waste, he worries about severe cuts to
military spending. “Today, we have
the smallest number of ships in the Navy
at any point since 1916 … at 280 and
going down.” -- A far cry from
Reagan’s vision of a 600 ship navy
to defend our nation.
Why is the 2012 election so critical? As
Bolton opines, “Our adversaries
… have taken note of the lack of
leadership in the White House. They see
the weaknesses and indecisiveness, they
see it in international affairs, and they
see it in the domestic context. …
although … if you asked Ahmadinejad
and Kim Jong Il what they thought of
healthcare, I’m sure they would
favor a public option too.”
This administration has virtually ignored
the increase in Iran and North
Korea’s nuclear capacities and
“the threat of an increasingly
assertive China … increasing their
nuclear and ballistic missile
capabilities and dramatically expanding
their conventional armed forces.”
They also overlook Venezuela, with its
massive oil deposits, and the
world’s second largest uranium
reserves, while they develop a close, and
thus nefarious, relationship with Iran.
Despite Obama’s bad policies, Bolton
believes that America will recover, but
not without adequate attention to
national security. “You cannot
separate national security from the
renewal of American prosperity … If
we’re not able to defend our
interests around the world, defend
international trade lanes, have stability
in international affairs, we will not
have sustained prosperity here at
home.”
Bolton encouraged the New Hampshire
audience to question presidential
candidates about their strategy to
protect our nation from those who wish us
harm. He is looking forward to the 2012
debate on foreign policy between Barack
Obama and the Republican nominee.
“By that time the president …
will have mastered the art of pretending
to be commander in chief.”
In closing, he said this: “As
important as it is to replace Obama with
somebody who at least understands what
America’s system of Liberty gives us
… a president has to be able to walk
and chew gum at the same time.
They’ve got to be able to focus on
national security as well as a domestic
economy.”
Christine Morabito is a resident
of Haverhill and a member of the
Merrimack Valley Tea Party. You can email
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It disappointed many
conservatives when former United Nations
Ambassador John Bolton announced he was
not running for president. His invaluable
foreign policy experience is sorely
lacking in the current administration;
and the world is taking notice. 
