to make a nuclear weapon we do hear remarks like this let's take a listen on fox news recently john bolton the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. said this. half measures like assassinations or sanctions are only going to are only going to produce the crisis more quickly the better way to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons is to attack its nuclear weapons program directly. so he's suggesting that we attack directly he's saying that what we're seeing so far is not enough i mean what do you make of rhetoric like that basically pushing just to go out to go to war on this all out push for war i'll give john bolton this he at least is not guilty of intellectual dishonesty that those who are advocating for these so-called half measures that really are a means of ratcheting up to war he's not he's not mincing his words he's saying really what the agenda is which is an all out war with iran. i think that that would be disastrous but i credit him for actually acknowledge in that that is what the agenda is being honest about it is not that leading to this covertly let's try to keep it a secre

john bolton. thanks for being here. captain nash let me start with you.g to happen at this meeting of chairman dempsey and as the israelis? >> i'm sure they will share their respective government's positions. i think it's a mistake to cancel the exercise because it looks like the americans and the israelies would be backing down in the face of these challenges from iran. and i think that's precisely the wrong signal to be sending. but i'll defer to ambassador bolton on that, he's the diplomat. alisyn: let's talk about these signs we are getting from iran. they seem to be ratcheting up their uranium enrichment. is this just saber rattling or something else going on here? >> they are very close to the point of achieving a long-sought objective which is to have nuclear weapons. let me be here what it means when with we say they are very close. they know everything they need to do to create a nuclear weapon. they know exactly what the procedure is. and the fact that not just in the past few months, but the past years they haven't stepped up the pace shows the

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joining me former ambassador to the u.n., john bolton and a contributfox news contributor.tells us what is going on with iran in the year 2012 and what is going on it. i want to start smaller whether you believe there is a campaign to takeout nuclear sigh inc scientists in iran or by its alli serbgs. allies. >> certainly some people have come to unlikely ends in the past year or so. it suggests that, this is no coincidence. i would be stunned if it was the bam strays. the question is, what other government is it? >> right, what is the answer to that? >> well, i think it could be israel. i think it could be one of the arab states. i think people don't fully appreciate, really, how much many car rab governments don't want iran to get nuclear weapons any more than israel was. i would assume if it's not th won't assume if it's not the united states that it's israel. it could be somebody else. megyn: leon panetta came out and said that -- last month he said iran could develop a weapon this year. on sunday he claimed iran is not trying to develop one. israel's military chief staf

john bolton. now, john bolton was at war with his own administration, with condi rice.here's no question that he was a very controversial u.n. ambassador. republicans voted against him on the hill. dick lugar and others were no fan of him. why this endorsement of, of course, newt gingrich and santorum had earlier said they state. this is a man who said he would blow up the top ten floors of the u.n. secretary building. >> i can understand his frustration with the u.n. ambassador bolton is a forthright advocate for american strength and american security, which is identical with governor romney's position. i mean, there's one thing at the core of mitt romney's foreign policy, it's america should be strong, should stand with its allies, stand up for its interests, work internationally to protect american security. and that's what embarrass adore bolton believes. so we're very glad to have his endorsement. of course, we have a range of others across all segments of the party and the country. >> laura bush, own of the narratives of this whole campaign is that the republican

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if you take someone like john bolton, for example, for secretary of state, he would be strong enough that you would have an impact on the state department. if you looked at someone like steve forbes as a possibility as treasury, he would certainly have that kind of capability, somebody like a lou layerman potentially at the federal reserve would have that kind of capability. there are a number of that caliber you would want to look at. i don't know if you would take it, but if you thought about somebody like mitch daniel, for example, for health and human services, he is a great innovative governor, was a terrific director of the budget. whether we can lure him back to washington, i don't know. he certainly knows enough. he would be the right kind of person. yes, yes. >> senate gridlock seems to be killing us. do you hate the congress gridlock, and let me tell you. you don't have a president who is willing to get the job done, it is very hard to avoid gridlock. i worked with reagan when tip o'neill was speaker and we found, we had to get one out of every three democrats to vote with

somebody like john bolton, for example, for secretary of state, he would be strong enough he would have an impact on the state department. . someone like steve forbes as a possibility at treasury, he would certainly have that kind of capability. someone like a lew lemon at the federal reserve. a number of people of that caliber you would want to look at. i don't know if he would take it, but if you thought about somebody like mitch daniel for health and human services, he certainly knows enough he would be the right kind of person. yes, sixers -- sir? yes? >> [inaudible question] and senate gridlock? it just seems to be killing us. you hate the -- >> the you hate the congress gridlock and let me tell you, if you don't have a president who is willing to get the job done, it is very hard to avoid gridlock. i worked with reagan when tip o'neil was speaker and we found we had to to get one out of every three democrats to vote with us in order to pass the reagan program, and we did. when i became speaker i realized if i couldn't get bill clinton's signature we could posture all year but we w

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former ambassador john bolton weighs in on the air today. he says this is a troubling development. >> this shows that the command over the entire nuclear fuel cycle is growing and scientific and technical sophistication growing too. >> heather: according to iranian state tv, iranian navy testing a new surface to air optimistically. it's part of the -- surface to air missile. what can we make of the latest developments. now a report from washington. >> reporter: it was last thursday that a state department spokesman suggested that the weight of international sanctions may be causing iran to lash out. it lends creed tones that tear, too. after announcing a postponement of a test, they carried out the test today. it's designed to evade radar. at the same time they announced that the nuclear scientists produced the first nuclear fuel rod. it provides fuel for nuclear reactors, that is an achievement that many western experts that iran was not capable of. john bolton says it narrows the window of time for west to act. >> a month or so, he could h

john bolton says this narrows the window of time for iran to react. >> a month or so ago, he thought iran could have a nuclear system. the time in which they have to take military action against the iran and nuclear weapons program is very, very short. >> reporter: the missile test and announcement of construction of nuclear rods comes a day after president obama signed a measure that is designed to reduce iran's measure. many believe the sanction would be the toughest yet applied on iran. iran's currency slips to a record low today. >>> in other news of the world tonight, south korea's president today spoke of national television opening the door to possible nuclear talks with north korea. but he warned that should north korea provoke his country seoul would respond strongly. 50 south koreans died last year in attacks blamed on north korea. meantime north korea issued a statement saying they would defend kim jong un until death. >>> anti government demonstrators marked the new year as activists said at least 10 people consider killed today as the government continued its crack down

now, as he does every sunday morning, at this time, is former ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, who is a fox news contributor. ambassador, good morning. >> good morning, glad to be here. >> eric: does eastern have the ability to shut down the strait of hormuz? >> no you are hearing bluster and bluff intended to back off this europeans from oil sanctions they are considering, and, to back off of the united states, from the central bank sanctions congress recently imposed, which, by the way, does take effect for another six months. i think a lot of this has to be seen in the context, though of the nuclear program, that you referred to, and, iran's increasingly drawing near the 20 year long goal of getting nuclear weapons. >> eric: would you say they are drawing near to the goal? how near do you think they are? >> very near, last month, defense secretary panetta giving the obama administration's position, said they could have a nuclear weapon within a year and i'm worried it could be less than that. if they pick up their pace. and that is why the announcement that they've begun en

[laughter] [applause] and now john bolton. >> thank you. thank you very much.applause] thank you very much. my thanks to the governor for being such a kind hostess in south carolina. this is my first rally for mitt romney. i am delighted to be here. it is always great to be on the same platform with john mccain, a man who stood by me during my confirmation difficulties a few years ago. somebody i have always looked up to, a real american hero. it makes us all proud to be americans. [applause] it just underlines, i think, the importance of electing a real president this november. i am proud to support mitt romney. like many voters, i wanted to make the right choice. i was looking for the person i thought most exemplified the values of ronald reagan, the kind of person who could provide that leadership for us. i think it is mitt romney. i understand, as a foreign- policy national security guy, that the economy is the top issue. the president has taken three years and made it worse. he has made it an even more important issue, is that as possible. our national sec

we're through with them they're going to have flies crawling across their eyeballs and then there's john bolton a.k.a. the wild card the don't be fooled by it's funny last stash he's got a serious gripe with iran and if given the chance he'd blow the country to smithereens and those two. you are in good company this is michael hayden aka the tortured soul former head of the n.s.a. and cia this neo con likes taking long walks on the beach but he'd rather hold your head in the ocean for information he is after all a good listener. and finally there is robert kagan or the instigator he's no michael hayden he's never been in the military before but he has no problem telling them what to do and fact he's one of the people credited with being the architects of the iraq invasion. now these guys are all expected to sway romney to toughen up on iran russia north korea and china none of them are afraid to wage war even encourage it so is america ready to bring back the bush era. joining me now from our blogger for forbes dot com mark. welcome to the show mark so this is romney's team why choose these guy

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ambassador john bolton says the u.s. has less time to relate to what some say is a serious threat. >> i think 2012 could be a very important year, if israel reads the situation the same way as secretary panetta, the time they have to take military action against iran's nuclear program is short. >> president obama signed a sanction designed to reduce iran's oil revenues by punishing financial institutions that do business with iran's central bank. >>> hundreds have died since the arab league sent its monitors in last week. >> reporter: according to people on the ground in syria, about 250 people have been killed since the monitors showed up a little more than a week ago. now discussion about pulling them out, because they are clearly not working and some say they are being used as a cover up for the sadaam regime to continue. today we saw a number of arrests by security forces which has done everything from shelling neighborhoods to reportedly torturing teenagers. the monitors have come under fire and have had to call syr

ambassador john bolton, former u.s.mbassador to the united nations and a fox news contributor joins us, every sunday, good morning, ambassador. >> good morning, glad to be here. >> eric: when do you think the inspectors can realistically accomplish, if anything. >> expectations should be low but these inspectors, scientists, technicians, technically proficient and they will be trying to have conversations with iranian scientists, involved in the nuclear weapon. to see what they can get out of them. now, the iranians will be well-rehearsed and when you get into scientific conversations, sometimes things slip out and the u.n. inspectors will be looking for that and taking samples wherever they go to see if iran is enriching uranium towards weapon-grade levels and it is a possibility but i wouldn't have high expectations. >> eric: do you think those scientists will talk, considering they are getting assassinated? >> they've had extensive rehearsals, you think our candidates rehearse for debates. their lives, literally are

ambassador john bolton, the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, fox news contributor who joins us every sunday, about this time. good morning, ambassador. >> good morning, glad to be here. >> eric: he had death threats, called a dog, his embassy was attacked. will syria spiral out of control. >> i think they clearly are in a civil war at this point. it is hearpart of the larger struggle of iran on the one hand and the arab states on the other and there are huge stakes involved here for the u.s. and for israel and our arab friends and so i think the potential danger, the risk to our embassy is very grave and would warrant closing it down, of course i never would have reaccredited an ambassador to syria as the obama administration did. but, i think now, we have to look to the safety of our diplomates, there. >> eric: why wouldn't you have sent the ambassador back? >> we withdrew our ambassador to syria during the bush administration because the assad regime was a state sponsor of terrorism and was pursuing wmds. and

ambassador john bolton joins us.g. >> glad to be here. >> greta: i'm surprised a they were downgraded six months after we were. but anyway, nonetheless, fact that europe has so many countries that have been downgraded. give me the big picture effect on them and how it's broken up? >> i think this means that the euro is in greater trouble. are you mentioned france being downgraded. italy, spain and portugal were knocked down two notches. they are three of most troubled economies. the overall euro project is in real difficulty but apart from germany the entire european zone economy has been heading toward a recession. this is going to make it worse. i think it will have implications for us economically and politically. >> greta: i'm surprised that germany, chancellor merkel seems to be rather magnanimous toward the other countries because the other economies are in such desperate straits and ka jeerm is doing well. what is in it they show not much patience towards those other nations? >> they are at the end of their la

if i'm president, i'd like to have john bolton as my secretary of state. >> bumped into bolton in the. what about that? you know what? that's a great, that's a pat on the back. i like newt gingrich quite a bit. a little surprising last night. romney is getting interesting support from different places. >> john bolton, he was clear he doesn't think that romney is necessarily the most conservative candidate out there but he thinks that it's a two pronged approach that he took. he's the most conservative who can win. that's why he decided to choose mitt romney. meanwhile, let's talk about south carolina. >> by the way, in his opinion. >> yeah. that's -- >> maybe not necessarily all of our opinions, he's the most conservative choice. >> that's what his thought process was. so let's talk about karl rove's thought process now in south carolina. and obviously, all eyes are turning there. and he says, karl rove points out this is the last chance. south carolina could be the end of the road for so many of romney's competitors. >> right, this is a map that shows you where all the candidates. lo

john bolton says this nature res t -- narrows the time for them to have a nuclear reactor. >> i think 2012 could be a very important year if israel reads the situation the sap way secretary pineda the time in which they have to take military action the time the nuclear weapons program is very, very short. >> the construction of nuclear fuel rods comes a day after obama signed a measure designed to reduce iran's oil revenues by penalizing foreign insurance tuesdays doing business with iran's central bank. many believe it will be the toughest yet imposed on iran. the news of the sank iran's currency slips to a record low today. in washington mcelway, fox news. >>> to another nuclear arms nation now north korea. leaders calling on people to really rally behind their new leader kim jong un. even to protect him as quote human shield. kim jong untaking over for his father kim jong-il. the leader died of an apparent heart attack last night. they released pictures showing a young leader meeting with members of the military even they were told hfz kim jong un's first military inspection since

john bolton says this nature res t -- narrows the time for them to have a nuclear reactor. >> i think 2012 could be a very important year if israel reads the situation the sap way secretary pineda the time in which they have to take military action the time the nuclear weapons program is very, very short. >> the construction of nuclear fuel rods comes a day after obama signed a measure designed to reduce iran's oil revenues by penalizing foreign insurance tuesdays doing business with iran's central bank. many believe it will be the toughest yet imposed on iran. the news of the sank iran's currency slips to a record low today. in washington mcelway, fox news. >>> to another nuclear arms nation now north korea. leaders calling on people to really rally behind their new leader kim jong un. even to protect him as quote human shield. kim jong untaking over for his father kim jong-il. the leader died of an apparent heart attack last night. they released pictures showing a young leader meeting with members of the military even they were told hfz kim jong un's first military inspection since

bill: ambassador john bolton, former u.n. bam ambassador to the u.n. and mr.dor, good morning to you. the inspectors, do they get anything done this time or not? >> i think this is largely propaganda effort by iran to try to show cooperativeness and transparency to buy more time frankly to avoid the impact of the new sanctions and continue to make progress on their new program. bill: they have been coy about the stalling operation for years now and you say it is only going to continue? >> right. for example, they made a big deal the u.n. inspectors will visit the fordo facility, deeply buried plant. but the u.n. inspectors have been there before. there is possibility they will pickup new information. you can expect iran rehearsed meetings very carefully so they don't tip off about their weapons program. bill: the oil could spike to 150 bucks a barrel. that is always possible during times of tour mill. do you believe that? >> they're trying to threaten an intimidate europe and the united states with obviously very weak economic recovery in both space as massive

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