Former ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton has made no secret of his disdain for the Iran nuclear deal, but now he’s calling for heads to roll.
In an address to the Young America’s Foundation’s Midwest Freedom Conference, Bolton called for the resignation of Secretary of State John Kerry on the heels of the nuclear agreement with the Iranians, which was agreed to in July.
“My recommendation is for Secretary Kerry to resign,” Bolton told a questioner who asked how the U.S. can remedy the deal with Iran. “The best thing we can hope for is the world goes to sleep for 16 months because it’s not going to get any better. The ground has already shifted under our feet dramatically. It will shift further until the next president is sworn in.”
The former ambassador to the United Nations told the crowd that there are only two potential outcomes in Iran, as there have been for most of President Obama’s term in office — Iran gets nuclear weapons or someone takes preemptive military action in the region.
“I personally believe Iran was never going to be negotiated out if its nuclear weapons program and that the only alternative was the use of military force,” Bolton said, “which I hoped Israel would do since it was obvious that the Obama administration was not going to.”
“I think it has been true for probably seven or eight years that there are only two possible outcomes,” Bolton continued. “Outcome No. 1, Iran gets nuclear weapons. Outcome No. 2, somebody takes preemptive military action to prevent that from happening.”
