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Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton on the attacks against U.S. diplomats in the Middle East.
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-- wanna get back very quickly now to the big story in the world not just in finance and in America this is a world story.
The US ambassador to Libya and three others killed in a rocket attack at the US consulate in -- -- Libya joining us now -- ambassador John Bolton.
And mr.
ambassador we just that I'm marina.
Fast team is going to be deployed to -- -- by the president that's American troops loaded for that going to bring Gaza.
I presume that that is a defensive move and I happen to attack anybody what do you make in his latest news well I think -- The official personnel the diplomats the counselor officials the military but also the tens or hundreds of thousands of Americans who were there.
Because.
With Al-Jazeera and YouTube and the rest of -- people concede these attacks there may be copycat attacks.
Elsewhere this is very very serious this is potentially.
Tehran 1979.
There's a pal nineteen -- absolutely 2012 now.
Oh yeah today the president -- put out a written statement he's going to occur in the Rose Garden live 10:35 this morning -- -- we will carry that.
But he put out a written statement in which he rejected.
The denigrate -- of the religious beliefs of -- that it seemed to me that that was.
A -- -- condemnation of the movie which set off this embassy -- arrived in Egypt in the killing in Libya.
On wanted a much more vigorous defense of America's freedom of speech what do you say.
Absolutely look I assume this movie is hateful and despicable let's just start with that that it is nothing you can say that's good about it.
But what you say in a free society is we value freedom of speech.
And and when the government comments on the substance of speech and tries to move it in one direction or another that is impermissible -- is what the First Amendment is designed to protect against.
What we should be doing is not apologizing for some nut case movie.
But defending the American system and saying in any event.
A proper response to it is not a thirteenth century style attack on our diplomatic facilities killing our diplomatic personnel it is unacceptable.
The president does not give a very strong statement.
At 1030.
I'm worried that this is gonna spread throughout the region we have not taken a strong position in the Middle East have look this is in part -- reaction three and a half years of weakness these demonstrators weren't living placid lives before they decide to go out and storm -- embassy.
I don't buy the argument this was spontaneous.
I don't buy an argument in Egypt where the Muslim Brotherhood is now in charge and -- said these people stay at home or could -- ensured that security guards protected our embassy in Egypt and protected our consulate in Libya I've got to jump in because recently on this program you've said yes we should keep the money flowing.
To Egypt and -- help them.
Still think that I think we're right at the point where the presence got to say this will never happen again or we will pull the money this is the moment you cannot do this to American diplomat you cannot kill our personnel or any American citizen in your country and expect not to bear the consequences now step up your responsibilities.
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