On Bolton and Bombing

Like Bibi, John Bolton supported bombing Iran before it was cool. Now that the only too predictable shortcomings of that approach have been exposed, he advocates pressuring Russia and China, imposing a blockade on Iranian oil tankers, aiding the Iranian resistance, and, of course, more bombing. Would that work?

The more bombing part I will leave to your imagination. Making a deal with Russia or China would require making concessions to them that Bolton would find appalling. There is no organized resistance in Iran to aid at this point other than the religious and ethnic minorities, which would create a new set of problems. Finally, taking Iranian oil off the market would drive prices up to an entirely new level, thereby causing tremendous economic pain all over the world, including here. Bolton seems to be oblivious to that part of the equation.

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