Ua paʻi ʻo Pelekikena Trump iā John Bolton e lilo i ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana aupuni hou, e pani ana iā HR McMaster. Ua kaulana ʻo Bolton no kāna mau manaʻo ultra-hawkish. Ua kākoʻo ākea ʻo ia i ke kaua kūʻē iā Iran a me North Korea, a he kākoʻo koʻikoʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ʻAmelika iā Iraq. ʻEkolu mau pule i hala aku nei, ua kākau ʻo Bolton i kahi ʻatikala no The Wall Street Journal i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Legal Case for Striking North Korea First." I ka makahiki 2015, ʻoiai ke kūkākūkā nei ka luna o Obama i ka ʻaelike nuklea Iran, ua kākau ʻo Bolton i kahi ʻāpana i kapa ʻia ʻo "To Stop Iran's Bomb, Bomb Iran." Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou me ka mea hoʻopuka noiʻi lōʻihi ʻo Gareth Porter. ʻO kāna ʻāpana hou no The American Conservative ua kapa ʻia ʻo "The Untold Story of John Bolton's Campaign for War with Iran."
AMY GOODMAN: I ka haʻalulu hou o ka Hale Paʻa, ua haʻalele ʻo General HR McMaster ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo palekana aupuni. Ua paʻi ʻo Pelekikena Trump iā John Bolton e pani iā ia. Ua kaulana ʻo Bolton no kāna mau manaʻo ultra-hawkish. Ua kākoʻo ākea ʻo ia i ke kaua kūʻē iā Iran a me North Korea, a he kākoʻo koʻikoʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ʻAmelika iā Iraq, a hiki i kēia lā. ʻEkolu mau pule i hala aku nei, ua kākau ʻo Bolton i kahi Haawina no ka mea, Ka Wall Street Pai poʻomanaʻo "The Legal Case for Striking North Korea First." I ka makahiki 2015, ʻoiai ke kūkākūkā nei ka luna o Obama i ka hana nuklea Iran, ua kākau ʻo Bolton a kauwahi poʻomanaʻo "E hoʻopau i ka Bomb Iran, Bomb Iran."
E lawe ʻo Bolton i ke kūlana ma ka lā 9 ʻApelila a ʻaʻole pono e hōʻoia ʻia e ka Senate. Ma lalo o ka Pelekikena George W. Bush, ua lawelawe ʻo Bolton ma ke ʻano he ʻelele US no United Nations. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i kahi manawa hoʻomaha, ma hope o ka hopohopo ʻo Bush ʻaʻole e hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ia e ka Senate. No nā makahiki he mau makahiki, ʻo John Bolton kekahi o nā mea hoʻohewa leo nui o ka United Nations.
ʻO IOHN BOLTON: ʻO ka mea aʻu e makemake ai e haʻalele iā ʻoe, ma kēia hōʻike pōkole loa, kahi aʻu i hoʻomaka ai, ʻaʻohe United Nations. Aia kekahi kaiāulu honua e hiki ke alakaʻi ʻia i kekahi manawa e ka mana maoli wale nō i koe i ka honua, a ʻo ia ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ke kūpono ia i ko mākou makemake a hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohuli i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. … He 38 mau moʻolelo ko ka Secretariat Building ma New York. Inā nalowale ʻoe i nā moʻolelo 10 i kēia lā, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻololi iki.
AMY GOODMAN: ʻO John Bolton kekahi mea hoʻohewa nui o ka International Criminal Court. Ua hoʻohewa nā hui pono kanaka i ke koho ʻana iā Bolton. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Zeke Johnson o Amnesty International, "He hoʻoholo noʻonoʻo kēia. ʻO ka mana o Bolton ma luna o ke kulekele palekana aupuni hiki ke hopena i nā make kīwila hou aʻe a me nā pepehi kanaka hewa ʻole i hāʻawi ʻia i kona hoʻowahāwahā ʻana i ke kānāwai honua a me nā ʻoihana honua. Ua hoʻohewa pū ʻo Trita Parsi o ka National Iranian American Council i ke koho ʻana iā Bolton. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ʻO Bolton ka mea hoʻoweliweli nui loa iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. He manawa weliweli kēia no ko mākou ʻāina a he paʻi i ka maka a hiki i ka poʻe kākoʻo o Trump i manaʻo e haʻalele ʻo ia mai ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā kaua ʻē aʻe a me nā ʻoihana koa.
ʻO kekahi mea kākoʻo lōʻihi o Bolton ʻo ia ka piliona ʻēheu ʻākau ʻo Robert Mercer. Jane Mayer o ʻO ka New Yorker hōʻike ua hāʻawi ʻo Mercer i $5 miliona i kā Bolton's super PAC mai 2013 a ʻo ia ka mea hāʻawi nui a Bolton.
Hele mākou i kēia manawa i Wakinekona, DC, kahi i hui pū ai mākou me ka mea hoʻopuka noiʻi lōʻihi ʻo Gareth Porter. ʻO kāna mea hou kauwahi no ka mea, ʻO ka ConservativeʻAmelika ua poʻomanaʻo ʻia "The Untold Story of John Bolton's Campaign for War with Iran."
ʻO Gareth Porter, aloha mai ʻO ka Democracy Nei! I kou lohe ʻana i ka nūhou i nehinei, ʻoiai ua lohe ʻia no nā mahina, pehea kou manaʻo?
GARETH LAWE: ʻAe, ua manaʻo wau he mea paha e lilo ʻo John Bolton i ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana aupuni no ka hoʻokele Trump, akā ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo i kēia koke. No laila, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mea kupanaha i ke ʻano o ka manawa. Akā, he mea maoli nō ia i kekahi mau pule i kēia manawa ua loaʻa nā lono - ʻaʻole nā lono, akā nā hōʻike e pili ana i nā leaks mai ka Hale Paʻa, e pani ʻia ana ʻo McMaster a ʻo Bolton ka moho alakaʻi. No laila, ʻo ia ke kumu aʻu i kākau ai i kēlā ʻāpana, me ka manaʻo e hiki mai ana kēia.
AMY GOODMAN: No laila, he aha kāu mau pilikia nui?
GARETH LAWE: ʻAe, manaʻo wau ua ʻike nā mea a pau, i kēia manawa, ʻo John Bolton, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mea kākoʻo leo nui i ke kaua me Iran, a me North Korea. ʻO kaʻu manaʻo, ua ʻike mau ʻo ia ma Fox News no nā makahiki. A ʻaʻole au i helu iā lākou, akā he mau kakini o kāna kāhea ʻana i ka lehulehu no ʻAmelika e hoʻouka kaua iā Iran me ka pūʻali koa. ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe i ke ola ʻAmelika i hana i kekahi mea e like me ka mea a John Bolton i hana ai e pili ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kaua me Iran. ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō, akā ua hana mau ʻo ia. A mai kona haʻalele ʻana i ka hoʻokele Bush ma 2005, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ia - a i ʻole, 2007, manaʻo wau ʻo ia, ʻo ia ke alakaʻi alakaʻi o ke kaua me Iran. No laila, ʻo ka Pelekikena Trump e hoʻolilo iā ia i kākā'ōlelo palekana aupuni, maopopo, ʻo ia ka mea weliweli loa i hana ʻia e pili ana i nā kulekele ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika ma lalo o kēia hoʻokele a hiki i kēia manawa.
AMY GOODMAN: Makemake au e huli iā John Bolton e kamaʻilio ana ma Fox News ma 2015.
GRETCHEN KARLSON: E Ambassador, ua kākau ʻoe i kahi op-ed i kēia lā ma The New York Times. A eia ke poʻomanaʻo—he mea ʻike maka: “E hoʻōki i ka Bomb Iran, Bomb Iran.” Pehea kou manaʻo?
ʻO IOHN BOLTON: ʻAe, ʻo nā kūkākūkā, inā e alakaʻi lākou i kahi kuʻikahi a ʻaʻole paha, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻōki iā Iran mai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kaua nuklea. Ua holomua loa lākou i kēia manawa, ʻo nā ʻae a lākou i hana ai he mea liʻiliʻi a hiki ke hoʻohuli ʻia, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻae ʻia ka ʻaelike i ka papahana nuklea o Iran. No laila, ʻaʻole hauʻoli kaʻu hopena, akā hāʻawi ʻia inā loaʻa iā Iran nā mea kaua nuklea, pēlā nō ʻo Saudi Arabia, ʻAigupita, Turkey a me nā mea ʻē aʻe paha, e like me ka ʻIseraʻela i ʻelua mau manawa i hahau ai i nā papahana nuklea ma nā lima o nā mokuʻāina ʻino. makaʻu wau, hāʻawi i nā kūlana, ʻo ia wale nō ke koho maoli i wehe ʻia iā mākou i kēia manawa.
AMY GOODMAN: ʻO kāu pane, e Gareth Porter?
GARETH LAWE: ʻAe, ua hoʻomaka maoli ʻo John Bolton e hana i kēlā hoʻopaʻapaʻa e like me ka 2003, 2004, i ka wā i lilo ai ʻo ia i poʻokela no ka Hope Pelekikena Dick Cheney i ka hoʻokele Bush no ke kulekele e pili ana iā Iran, a ʻo ke alakaʻi - ʻo wau ke kumu nui o ka pilina me. ke aupuni ʻIseraʻela ma kēia nīnau. A i kēlā manawa, 2003, 2004, ua ʻike ʻo Bolton i ka hana ʻana i ka United States i kahi kūlana e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻohana i ke koho o ka hoʻouka ʻana iā Iran.
A ʻo kāna mea i hana ai, ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻoia i ka IAEA, ka International Atomic Energy Agency, ʻaʻole hiki a ʻaʻole paha e hana i kahi ʻaelike, e loaʻa i kahi ʻaelike, me Iran e hoʻoholo ai i ka pilikia inā he papahana nuklea kā Iran. Ua hopohopo nui ʻo ia ʻo Mohamed ElBaradei, ke poʻo o IAEA, e hana i kēlā, ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia e hoʻoneʻe i ka faila mai ka IAEA-ka faila ma Iran-mai ka IAEA i ka UN Security Council, kahi āna i manaʻoʻiʻo ai e hiki i ka United States ke hoʻopiʻi iā Iran no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi papahana nuklea mea kaua, a loaʻa iā ia ke koho e hoʻohana i ka pūʻali koa. A i loko o kāna mau memo, ʻoiaʻiʻo loa ʻo ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hana ʻo ia a ʻo ke kumu ke hāʻawi maoli i kēlā koho i kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻokō ʻia ai.
A ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hana ana ʻo ia no ka haʻi ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela iā ia ua kokoke loa ʻo Iran i ka mea a lākou i kapa ai ʻo ka point of no return, ʻo ia hoʻi i kēlā manawa ʻaʻole hiki i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ke pale aku iā Iran mai ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea kaua nuklea. me ka ikaika ole. A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me kaʻu i kākau ai ma kaʻu puke Paʻi Kūkuluʻia, ʻO kēlā moʻolelo holoʻokoʻa e pili ana iā Iran he papahana mea kaua nuklea he moʻolelo hoʻopunipuni maoli nō ia, i kanu ʻia e ka ʻIseraʻela me ke kaiāulu honua. A ʻo Bolton, ʻaʻole paha, ua ʻike ʻo ia i kēlā manaʻo o ka ʻIseraʻela, akā ua hana pū ʻo ia me ka ʻIseraʻela e hoʻāʻo e hoʻokō i kahi kūlana e hoʻopiʻi ʻia ai ka poʻe Iran no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi papahana nuklea. ʻOiaʻiʻo.
AMY GOODMAN: A hiki i kēia lā, ʻōlelo ʻo John Bolton ʻo ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq ka mea kūpono e hana ai. ʻAʻole pono ʻo ia e ʻae ʻia e ka Senate i kēia manawa. ʻAʻole pono ʻo ia e ʻae ʻia e ka Senate e lilo i UN [ili] ʻelele i United Nations, ʻaʻole no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe - ʻo ka ʻelele US i United Nations, ʻaʻole no ka mea ʻaʻole pono ʻoe, akā no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana o Bush ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻae ʻia, no laila ua hana ʻo ia i kahi manawa hoʻomaha. No laila, ua hele pololei kāna kākoʻo no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq i kēia lā, akā ua hoʻi i ka makahiki 2003. ʻEkolu pule wale nō i hala, ʻo kēia. Wall Street Pai kauwahi Ua kākau ʻo ia, "The Legal Case for Striking North Korea First." ʻEkolu pule aku nei, i Pepeluali. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāna mau manaʻo ma North Korea? A e like me NSA, ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo palekana aupuni, he aha ka mana maoli iā ia? He aha ke koʻikoʻi o kona kūlana kokoke loa iā Pelekikena Trump?
GARETH LAWE: ʻO ka mea mua, e pili ana i kāna Wall Street Pai apana, he mea kupanaha loa. ʻO ke ʻano o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa āna i hana ai, ʻo ia hoʻi, e koi ana e hāʻawi i kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa kānāwai no ka pana ʻana i ka ʻĀkau-ʻo kahi hahau mua iā North Korea. Akā ʻo kāna mea i hana ai, ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "Ke loaʻa nei i nā North Koreans ka hiki ke hahau i ka United States me nā mea kaua nuklea. ʻO ia hoʻi, pono ʻo ʻAmelika e paʻi mua. " He ʻano hoʻopaʻapaʻa noʻonoʻo wale nō ia, ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa kānāwai a i ʻole he hoʻopaʻapaʻa i noʻonoʻo i ka manaʻo kumu o ka pale ʻana. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hoʻohana i ka huaʻōlelo "deterrence" ma ka ʻatikala holoʻokoʻa. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole ia manaʻo. No laila, hāʻawi kēlā ʻano iā ʻoe i kahi ʻike i ka noʻonoʻo a John Bolton e lawe mai i kēia hana.
E pili ana i ka mea hiki iā ia ke hana ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana aupuni, maopopo, e loaʻa iā ia ka pepeiao o Donald Trump ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻokele i kēia manawa. A ʻoiai ʻo Donald Trump i hāʻawi iā ia iho i kahi hui kiʻekiʻe me Kim Jong-un i Mei, ʻike ʻoe, pono mākou e manaʻo e loaʻa nā puʻupuʻu ma ke alanui i ka wā e hiki mai ana e hāʻawi iā John Bolton i ka manawa e hoʻāʻo ai e hōʻoia. ʻaʻole ʻo ia e neʻe wale mai kēlā ʻaelike me nā North Koreans, akā i ke ʻano o ke kulekele unilateral first-strike i lanakila ai ʻo Bolton i ka wā i hala.
AMY GOODMAN: He minuke wale nō kā mākou, akā makemake wau e nīnau iā ʻoe i ʻelua mau nīnau: He aha ka Gatestone Institute āna e noho ai, a me kāna super super. PAC, ʻo ka mea hoʻopukapuka kālā nui ʻo ia ʻo ka ultra-akau billionaire funder Robert Mercer?
GARETH LAWE: ʻAe, ʻo ka Gatestone Institute ʻo ia kekahi o nā manaʻo noʻonoʻo he nui loa ka ʻēheu ʻākau, anti-Islamic, pro-war, maopopo, koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi nā kulekele haole. A ʻo ke kumu, ʻaʻole wale ia—makemake wau e hoʻohui ʻaʻole ʻo Mercer wale nō ka mea i pili loa iā Bolton a i ʻole ʻo Bolton i pili ai. ʻO ia hoʻi ʻo Sheldon Adelson, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻopukapuka kālā nui a Donald Trump i ke koho pelekikena 2016. A ʻaʻole ia he mea pōʻino aia ma Las Vegas, e hui ana me Adelson, ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ai ʻo Bolton ʻo ka Hale Paʻa i ka ʻOkakopa i hala aku nei a ua hoʻohuli ʻo Trump i ke kūlana e haʻalele ʻo ia mai ka ʻaelike nuklea Iran, ke ʻole nā hui US a me Congress. ua ʻae ʻo ia i nā hoʻololi i maopopo loa he mau mea pepehi kanaka.
AMY GOODMAN: A me ka super PAC. manawa puke wahi a, "ʻO ka koho a Pelekikena Donald Trump no kāna ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana aupuni hou i pili iā Cambridge Analytica, ka ʻoihana koho balota i kēia manawa e kū nei i ka hoʻohewa ʻia no kāna hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻikepili Facebook i loaʻa pono ʻole. ʻO kahi super PAC Ua uku ʻia e ka ʻelele UN mua ʻo John Bolton iā Cambridge Analytica ma mua o $ 1.1 miliona mai 2014 no ka noiʻi. Wahi a ka Center for Public Integrity loiloi o nā moʻolelo kālā hoʻolaha. E hoʻopau mākou me kēlā, ʻo Gareth Porter.
E Gareth, makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe no kou noho pū ʻana me mākou, ka mea kākau moʻolelo noiʻi. ʻO kāna mea hou kauwahi no ka mea, ʻO ka ConservativeʻAmelika, a mākou e loulou ai, "The Untold Story of John Bolton's Campaign for War with Iran." ʻO Gareth Porter ka mea kākau o Kālepa Kūkomo: Ka Moʻolelo'Iha o ka Nuclear Carecare.
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