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John Bolton, former UN ambassador and FNC contributor, on Iran’s Ahmadinejad speaking before the U.N. today while Obama is in Ohio campaigning.
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In the campaign trail while -- -- -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hits the US and his United Nations speech and calls for.
A new world order with more on this John Bolton former United Nations ambassador Fox's contributor.
I joins me on anything that he say surprising that they don't.
No I mean hit this idea of a new world order is a way for him to put Iran's case on its nuclear weapons program -- support for the Asad regime.
In Syrian support for terrorism around the world in a context.
That a great majority of the members of the UN can relate to and you know few months ago Iran was named president of the so called nonaligned movement a 120 out of a 190.
Plus UN members and that's the audience he was -- You know if you look at.
-- President Obama is you know.
Time in New York I mean he's been criticized for doing talk shows but at the same time do you think that -- it is not kind of stole the thunder as he always does -- mean we're talking about it.
He's got a sound -- playing all over the newscaster -- across the nation where you know the attention this got this this is his -- It's on it's his last this speech is president of Iran because they'll be elections next year.
And you know in in many respects having an outspoken Iran in leader like Ahmadinejad.
Helps keep the nuclear program front and center for people.
His the criticism he faces and Iran is that he should keep his mouth shut not stop the nuclear program but proceed and don't don't draw so much attention.
He called for a new world order and is United Nations speech of one I want a -- that's really -- we're gonna do -- -- -- -- -- want to -- -- Hungarian action.
-- that can't you must abysmal situation around the world on that vehicle incidents off his three.
All due mainly to the wrong -- management of the world on the self.
-- symptoms of tolerance fiscal house in the process themselves -- that didn't build regional -- on that the wound is it needs help visual of the room and a fresh read fiction yeah.
Can I ask you about the new order question John -- this curious if he really means.
What he is saying -- do you think is a mouthpiece for the Ayatollah well.
I think that's an important point and if the answer is he's a mouthpiece.
He he has -- a lot of attention during his eight years as president of Iran.
But he is not the -- authority it is the Ayatollah Khamenei it is the other religious leaders and it is the Iranian Revolutionary Guards corps which protects the revolution and which controls the nuclear.
Weapons program so when Ahmadinejad disappears although he's fodder for us to talk about -- not gonna change the policies of the regime.
Let me ask -- estimates -- over just a Libya first a moment again you know after losing at the Stephens losing the other Americans there in a there's a lot of pressure right now -- book coming -- pressuring Susan Rice.
To make more of a comment on the attack in Libya frankly that -- to backtrack her comments on the Sunday morning talk shows and she said that.
-- -- was sporadic another person you know what should she do what would you advice and it -- this.
Well my guess is that she was told -- take one for the team and they gave her this line and she -- out and and pedaled in on 5 Sunday morning shows.
She had no no basis for any independent knowledge of what happened in Libya.
But I think really the problem is the administration's it was an ideological response they didn't want to admit that we had problems with al-Qaeda is still in Libya.
And and now they're gonna pay a price in terms of their credibility I think if this gets really.
Investigated more thoroughly they'll have an election impact -- -- is what's his diary can amount invested and I think that's really where things will of the extent they have no answer -- that face exactly all right but ambassador John Bolton -- can't --
