‘The World's Descending Into Chaos’ Under Obama

[Hei Guizi 21]

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/john-bolton-worlds-descending-chaos-under-obama

Wednesday, former ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton declared that under the president’s ineffective leadership, “the world’s descending into chaos” and if America continues to pull back internationally, "you're going to have anarchy increasing."

Speaking with host Stuart Varney, Bolton first discussed Vladimir Putin’s hostile strategy in Ukraine and Europe, including increasing the number of Russian troops at the border and conducting cyber-warfare against several European countries—“aggressive” tactics to which Bolton saw no end in sight.

Varney then transitioned to the recent WSJ/NBC poll that presents damning numbers about the American people’s opinion of President Obama’s leadership—particularly in foreign policy, with a dismal 36% approval.

Bolton:

Yeah, I’d like to know who those 36% are because the world’s descending into chaos. And I t

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ink this poll and the drop in approval numbers overall, gives the lie to the conventional political wisdom that Americans don’t care about foreign policy, that it’s too remote from their lives.

I think the American people are much more sensible and practical than their political leaders, and they see that because our economy here at home depends on a global economy that instability in Europe can have a profound effect...

Varney argued that the American public has become used to the 24-hour news cycle, and expects stories like Ukraine to be resolved, but they are “just not going away.”

Bolton responded, “It’s just the tip of the iceberg,” pointing out that Putin broadcasted his intentions eight years ago, but was being met by "no effective American or European resistance":

Bolton:

It’s just the tip of the iceberg. Look, Putin gave us strategic warning eight years ago when he said the collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20

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century. That was a statement right then that he intended to get Russian hegemony in the space of the former Soviet Union.

That’s what he is doing and he is meeting no effective American or European resistance.

Varney then asked Bolton if he agreed that the problem was that the president had “withdrawn from the game”:

Bolton:

I think that’s a large measure of it. Look, what minimal international order and stability there’s been since World War II has been because of American strength, the projection of our power, our system of alliances around the world. International trade, finance, travel, you name it, didn’t get there by accident. And if the United States pulls back, you’re going to have anarchy increasing. You can see that in the Middle East today, but signs of it exist everywhere.

[GandD 5,966]

Chaos!!!!!! It's every man for himself!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Bolton the bully. He's a dinosaur.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Almost every region seems to have a conflict going on now days . I thought the world would love and respect us once Obama, got in office. I mean the man has a Nobel Peace prize for Gods sake

[UncleBeer 244]

He's a dinosaur.

Because he's a realist.

[GandD 5,966]

What would you guys have him do? Use harsh words? I thought a lot of the libertarian types were all for pulling back the military to defend our shores only. Can't have it both ways.

Wait, this is assuming that I even agree with the principle of this argument. Russia invaded Georgia while bush was in office, so Russian aggression towards its neighbors is not new. Israel has been fighting with the Palestinians for decades now, and what's going on in Iraq can be directly traced back to our invasion and destabilization of the region. North Korea has been crazy since the 50's and China has been aggressively expansionist for decades now. Remember Tibet? How can anyone act like what's going on now is out of the norm of the last 50 years.

Edited August 7, 2014 by GandD

[Teddy B 17,252]

Chaos!!!!!! It's every man for himself!

LIB, Slim and a few others got wood.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

What would you guys have him do? Use harsh words? I thought a lot of the libertarian types were all for pulling back the military to defend our shores only. Can't have it both ways.

Wait, this is assuming that I even agree with the principle of this argument. Russia invaded Georgia while bush was in office, so Russian aggression towards its neighbors is not new. Israel has been fighting with the Palestinians for decades now, and what's going on in Iraq can be directly traced back to our invasion and destabilization of the region. North Korea has been crazy since the 50's and China has been aggressively expansionist for decades now. Remember Tibet? How can anyone act like what's going on now is out of the norm of the last 50 years.

Haven't you figured it out yet? It's only horrible because of this current administration. No one else matters. When Obama leaves, the same folks that say we can't blame Bush will have no issues blaming Obama.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Hmmmmm,

So Russia just now started to do all of these crazy things just because Obama is in office?

Russia

The most recent conflict between Chechens and the Russian government took place in the 1990s. As the Soviet Union disintegrated, the Chechen separatists declared independence in 1991. By late 1994 the First Chechen War broke out and after two years of fighting the Russian forces withdrew from the region. In 1999, the fighting restarted and concluded the next year with the Russian security forces establishing control over Chechnya.

Let's look at China Shall We

Chinese invaded S. Korea 1950-1953

Sino-Vietnamese War 1979

Third Taiwan Strait Crisis 1995-1996

Sooo, these countries were nuts before Obama took office, yes?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

What would you guys have him do? Use harsh words? I thought a lot of the libertarian types were all for pulling back the military to defend our shores only. Can't have it both ways.

Wait, this is assuming that I even agree with the principle of this argument. Russia invaded Georgia while bush was in office, so Russian aggression towards its neighbors is not new. Israel has been fighting with the Palestinians for decades now, and what's going on in Iraq can be directly traced back to our invasion and destabilization of the region. North Korea has been crazy since the 50's and China has been aggressively expansionist for decades now. Remember Tibet? How can anyone act like what's going on now is out of the norm of the last 50 years.

You must be new here.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Because he's a realist.

Yeah. Sure.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Because he's a realist.

More like a purveyor of the Right Wing echo chamber version of reality. Actual reality is quite different.