'Hillary Clinton Would Use Violence Against Tehran'

Well, duh. That was the title of an article Monday in the UK's Guardian Unlimited stating:

In an article for Foreign Affairs magazine intended as a blueprint for the foreign policy of a future Clinton White House, the Democratic frontrunner argues that Iran poses a long term strategic challenge to American and its allies, and that it must not be permitted to build or acquire nuclear weapons.

"If Iran does not comply with its own commitments and the will of the international community, all options must remain on the table," Ms Clinton said.

Elsewhere, Ms Clinton took the edge off her steely posture by saying she would abandon the Bush administration's policy of isolating its enemies, and would deploy diplomacy.

"True statesmanship requires that we engage with our adversaries, not for the sake of talking but because robust diplomacy is a prerequisite to achieving our aims."

She says she would even consider offering incentives to Iran in return for a pledge to disarm. However, she sets out a series of stringent conditions that are virtually identical to current White House policy.

"If Iran is in fact willing to end its nuclear weapons programme, renounce sponsorship of terrorism, support Middle East peace, and play a constructive role in stabilising Iraq, the United States should be prepared to offer Iran a carefully calibrated package of incentives," Ms Clinton wrote.

The only reason Clinton hasn't been willing to disclose any of her foreign policy plans is because she doesn't want to be seen as the warmongering constitution-shredding dictator that she aims to be. If her supporters can't read between these lines here, we may really have a problem. As usual, Hillary is looking out for ol' number one, Israel. The only question is, where does that leave Americans? Number two? Iran does not pose a threat to the U.S. Israel has the right to defend itself with nukes, but Iran doesn't have the right to start its own nuclear energy program? Perhaps she should address some of the things that Israel is doing, like not helping us one bit. They are a useless ally that follows no rules but their own, and have shown time and time again that they could care less about our safety. What I don't understand is how voters can not be seriously tired of them using our military as pawns in their sick demagogic game. We all know where the majority of Clinton's campaign funds come from. If Israel wants it, Israel will get it with a Clinton White House.

Nationally Televised Bipartisan Debate On Energy Possibly Snubbing Ron Paul

The MSNBC-televised debate next month is being put together by the Greater Houston Partnership and the Sierra Club, focusing on many issues dealing with "oil and gas drilling and nuclear power." Even though Ron Paul is a representative of the Houston area, even though his fresh ideas on oil and alternative sources of energy are tenfold that of the other Republican candidates, and even though he has seemingly leapfrogged "I'll talk to my lawyers" Romney as a top tier candidate, they have not yet invited him to speak. They claim that they compiled the list of candidates 2-3 months ago based on their estimate on who the the top contenders were at the time, which would make it even more bizarre that Fred Thompson is included, seeing as he wasn't even a candidate at the time. The fact that they would put together a serious debate on issues and base their candidate choices on two or more months ago is absurd, especially considering John McCain was plummeting at the time. The Houston Chronicle says however that the Partnership is considering adding four more candidates, including Paul, although I'm not so sure that they would even think of such if Clinton hadn't turned them down. The momentum of Ron Paul is colossal in size right now. The hit pieces, ridicule, and media blackouts are only getting started.

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New York Times Creates Room for More Israel/Syria Lies and Propaganda

Here we go again. One month later and we're still getting fed lies and assumptions in hopes of shaping policy in Israel's favor. The New York Times released an article Saturday which stated "Israeli and American intelligence analysts" have come up with the apparent foregone conclusion that the Israeli strike on Syria was "in fact" the beginnings of a nuclear reactor. The 'Times' writers decided to spin the events of the past month in such a way as to put all guilt on Syria, to suggest Arab opposition to a Syrian nuclear facility, and to add no such debate to the actual reality in the facility ever being there in the first place. Despite this being 100% legal, despite the fact that it could have been used for energy purposes, despite Israel hiding the fact that they have their own worrisome stockpile of nukes, and despite the fact that it would have taken cash-strapped Syria no less than seven or more years to produce any nuclear capabilities (not to mention not even having the cash to complete it in that short of time, even with the help of North Korea), you still have to be highly skeptical that what they hit was even the beginnings of a reactor at all.

This is becoming more suspicious by the day with all the silence coming from administrations of both Israel and the U.S. At first, there were highly peculiar reports of Israel both "possibly" and "surely" having "satellite photos" of a Syrian nuke site which were passed along to the U.S., but there is no way that could have been true, as they seem to be slowly but surely talking their way towards that notion again. If there were conclusive evidence of a nuke site, there wouldn't be all this misinformation floating around. And why is it taking so long for these revelations to come about? There is absolutely no way Israel had any proof of a partial nuke site. It is straight-up nonsense. The Neo-con(Fox) News Channel has already ran with the story nationally today as if everything in the article is 100% accurate, and throwing the what-ifs about North Korea in as well for good measure. No stock should be put in the mainstream media's reporting of Middle East affairs, especially when it has anything to do with Israel. When will people learn? Belief in disinformation is so much more comforting for people here in America, and for the most part Israel, but some tend to prefer the truth.

The UN has said they are working on either confirming or denying the reports, and that they have not received any satellite or intelligence reports from Israel or the U.S. An American analyst had this to say:

"A very real question is whether Syria is technically and financially able to build such a reactor. It would be hard to justify an air strike on a facility so early on in construction and, if supplied by North Korea, unlikely ever to be finished," U.S. analyst David Albright, alluding to North Korea's nuclear disarmament agreement earlier this year, told Reuters.

"Israel may have wanted to send a signal to Iran. The U.S. wants to scare Iran (off nuclear work) and this air strike might have been a way to do it, and explain some of Israel's secrecy."

UN Finally Decides to Investigate War Crimes in Iraq

These ruthless savage killers may finally have their day in court it seems, although it should include Bush for his constant support at the very least. The UN said today that it will begin investigating whether Blackwater committed war crimes or crimes against humanity for the careless savage killings of 17 Iraqi civilians, among countless other incidents involving Blackwater and numerous other private security contractors in the country. The UN apparently wants to make sure that countries employing these idiots are willing to hold them responsible, and enact the rule of law. Obviously this has to be insulting for our government. They think they or anyone they are associated with don't have to follow the rule of law, or be accountable for their actions. This needs to go further than just contractors. If defiance ensues, I won't be surprised at all. A group of Iraqis related to the 17 killings, mostly victims and family members, have filed suit in Washington, but you know how that will go.

Said Arikat, the UN mission spokesman, urged the Bush administration to hold accountable those involved in indiscriminate shooting; "to apply the rules of engagement and prosecute them". He added: "There cannot be rogue elements that are above the law. Definitely, we will be driving that point home time and again."

'Supreme Disgrace' Is Right

That was the title of an op-ed in today's New York Times opinion column after Tuesday's ruling the slimy U.S. Supreme Court made in the case of Khaled el-Masri, the German citizen of Lebanese heritage who was allegedly kidnapped by the CIA in a case of mistaken identity, where he was then tortured extensively, interrogated, and sent to Afghanistan where he was detained for months. Since extraordinary-rendition was allowed to grow thanks to Clinton, it has become increasingly clear that the government wants to use the "war on terror" as a way to gain full control over anybody and everybody they deem fit.

They ruled in the case that this man's human rights were less important than disclosing "state secrets." That is what you call an admission of guilt, but they're just not willing to pay for their own actions like they want us to. They don't even want us to have the chance. How is the world going to view this, not to mention adding it to our already scarily bad foreign policy? Our administration wants the world to follow their orders, and follow their ideas of how they should live and run their countries, but yet they pull something like this. This administration has a stranglehold over our judicial system, and it has to stop. The Supreme Court turned down an appeal without a single comment, and the use of the state secrets doctrine is all they could come up with in not even willing to hear the case. Our judges no longer represent law or the common citizen, but lawbreakers in our own country who hide under the phrase "national security." What national security? They are taking that away whether we like it or not. While they have the typical sheep here terrified of other groups of people, they're destroying our sovereignty right under our own eyes daily in cases like this.

This proves that the majority of our judicial system has no desire to grant the will of the people in this country, or follow the rule of law as the constitution states. This is no longer a democracy. We're living in slave-state of tyranny under ruthless dictators, and if some citizens of this country feel the need to vote in another dictator candidate, they deserve the same tragic fate that should ultimately come down to their rulers. Judges Thomas Selby Ellis III and Robert King, CIA director George J. Tenet, and CIA director Porter Goss are all fully to blame for this atrocity (can't forget Bush), but definitely not limited to, and all anger should be directed towards them. Germany should further release all names they have found involved in this illegal act for all to see, and against the will of our increasingly unstable government. If we're supposed to pay for our actions, they should be too, right?

Tyrannical Terrorists That Are The U.S. Marshals Finally Disclose "Location" of Ed Brown

Update: Ed Brown has been registered, and is now in Bureau of Prisons custody in Elkton, Ohio. Still no mugshots however, which leads me to believe they didn't exactly enter in 100% health.

Fat cat Stephen Monier finally announced earlier today that Ed Brown has been delivered to a federal prison in Ohio, but is still not listed as in custody according to their update database, and neither he nor Elaine have had their mugshots taken, or photographic proof of any kind. I really hate to imagine what has been done to him, and there is absolutely no reason for at least Elaine not having a mugshot yet.

The responses since Ed and Elaine Brown were finally taken into custody (or kidnapped by the government would be a better phrase) Friday have been nothing better than pathetic from the majority of sorry-ass common government slaves posing as free citizens, no doubt including the media, in this country. Still believing any constitution-ignoring government agency really cares whether they live or die (among other immoral ideologies) when they have an undermining objective against our interests or present-day law, most people have supported the U.S. Marshals through this whole ordeal. What they should be doing is reading about why the hell the government are doing this and how they're doing it, why they're trying to cut off any truth-bearing information that comes out, why they're using terrorist tactics with supporters, would-be supporters, and their families, and most of all, why the alleged criminals believe so strongly in what they have fought so hard for, and what it actually is. Cowardly citizens of this country are so afraid of the truth, or just a little bit of unbiased research these days. Their forefathers would have nothing of them. They show no shame. Even the ones that constantly spew their ugliness for all to see seem to be extra guilty of it, and I would say especially them actually, because they sit there and read these stories of government corruption repeatedly without a caring bone in their body, not taking one thought to realize that it could happen to them or someone they care about. What then? Will they care then? Will they undeservedly request the help of others? Of course they will. The moral resemblance is very close to our constitution killers in Washington, don't you think?

The phrase 'tax evader' is not a fun word nonetheless, and one the government can usually use at will to instantly discredit their target, especially in the media. Some people even report federal income tax fraud, as if they're somehow doing the country some kind of great justice (aside from the "reward" they sometimes get). Domestic enemies are all around us these days, which is why the word "foreign terrorist" doesn't scare me a fraction as much as the ones living right here. The gestapo U.S. Marshals weren't afraid of killing the Browns. They were afraid of the total press and public relations nightmare that would have followed, not to mention the wad of truth that would have come out. Their masters in Washington would not be happy about that at all, for this is their duty to follow bogus orders. And this is not even saying they didn't seriously try at times to take them out. Yet fat worthless cow order-taker Stephen Monier, traitor U.S. Marshal for New Hampshire, has actually been commended by some for his "patience" in not initiating a full-on attack on the Browns' estate. The gall. Our government needs patience to not attack and kill us in our own home? Whether it was shaking trailers, threatening supporters (to even rape them) and their families, cutting all service to the estate off, stealing all mail, possibly sending huge Blackwater vehicles out, firing shots all around the estate late at night, making warrantless searches and arrests of supporters, or even admitting their wrongness and lack of lawful reasoning at times, you can hardly call this patience.

This all stems from big government and the Treasury Department not wanting common folks to know its dirty little secrets. They want to continue their illegal activities without interruption or trouble, under any means necessary. They have, with the supreme help of honorless Judge Steven J. McAuliffe, willfully ignored the rule of law that goes along with the constitution, and this is where we Americans HAVE to draw the line sooner than later. It is growing increasingly clear all across the country, and even the world, that there is absolutely no law requiring the people of this country to file or pay a federal income tax to a privately owned anti-American central bank with corporate interests such as the Federal Reserve, and has willingly killed our national currency on the verge of utter collapse. The Fed is nothing but a complete fraud, along with its collection agency the IRS, and has absolutely no affiliation with the government. This is a fact that there is no income tax law. There is no gray line with this, so why in the world are we continuing to allow these creeps and their gestapo armies, with help from traitorous judges and local police, get away with this? They have sold out our country bit by bit over the past century, and now even our simple freedoms are slipping away. There will be a day when nothing is left but collapse, and all options are slim to none. As inevitable as it is, I would like to enter the next age of America with my liberties, pride, and self-respect intact. Who is to blame, and how can we call ourselves Americans if we sit and let them get away with it unscathed?

This will not be the last you'll hear from me on this by any means, because even as I write this, gestapo agents of the U.S. Marshals and Treasury Department are doing everything they can to make this go away. They want reasons, as bogus as they may be, to go after anyone that threatens to get in their way. It is beyond time true Americans make their jobs a living hell. The only thing these people pay attention to is fear. If they feel threatened in any way with you not breaking a single law, you know you've done your job. If this requires things such as posting the names and addresses of traitors (media included) who go against our fellow citizens and the constitution, so be it. We may have reached that time. If you have nothing to hide, there should really be no problem should there? Big government sure likes to use that in their interrogations. It works both ways. We can't let this go away. The more people know the truth, the worse off these tyrannical terrorists are.

Romney Shuns and Disrespects MD Patient

Mitt Romney further showed his true colors over the weekend in New Hampshire when confronted with a muscular dystrophy patient (with video) on the subject of medical marijuana. The falling bogus presidential candidate literally turned his back on the man after being asked whether Romney would arrest him or his doctors if he were to be given medical marijuana.

Following a campaign appearance in Dover, New Hampshire, a member of the audience, Clayton Holton, told Romney he has muscular dystrophy and said five of his doctors say he is "living proof medical marijuana works."

"I am completely against legalizing it for everyone, but there is medical purposes for it," Holton told Romney.

Romney pointed out that there is synthetic marijuana as well as other pain medications available.

"It makes me sick. I have tried it, and it makes me throw up," Holton said. "My question for you is will you arrest me or my doctors if I get medical marijuana."

"I am not in favor of medical marijuana being legal in the country," Romney said as he moved on to greet other people.

Holton continued, "Excuse me, will you please answer my question?"

"I think I have. I am not in favor of legalizing medical marijuana," the Massachusetts Republican said.

What a load of shit. Romney and the rest of the GOP candidates not named Paul are increasingly making it aware to common citizens that they simply don't care about them, and that if you want more of the same, vote for them. Nevertheless there will be countless idiots in the country who actually do, but that's another story. I would give anything for Romney or one his cohorts to have inherited a disease such as this. We could watch as they squirm for the best therapies and pain relievers, no matter the legality.

UK Police Outsourcing Calls to India

The UK seem to really be set in following in America's footsteps. They should see us as a method of failure, not improvement. UK police forces are now mulling over 200 companies, along with IBM, for the contracts to handle their large volume of calls. No one knows if all those people behind the phones now will ultimately lose their jobs, but we all know how that goes. If you call a police switchboard with a rather big problem, and you get someone in India, how is that going to make you feel?

Supreme Court: Politicians Can Lie

This is mind boggling. Puzzling. Ironic. On the eves of possibly the biggest presidential election ever, as far as our sovereignty and future as a nation goes, they want to legalize the lies that politicians make during their campaigns, even though the lies are a huge reason why we're in this predicament in the first place! Was it not lies that got us into a war with Iraq? Is there not more lying every single hour of the day attempting to get us into a conflict with Iran? This is unbelievable. Lying has become acceptable with politicians, at least in the state of Washington. This is exactly what we don't need. Our free speech and First Amendment rights are in danger more every day, and these pigs want to protect the rights of the assholes that do their best to keep us in this situation.

In the state of Washington, incompetence and deliberate falsehoods of a politician's campaign is now accepted. Why are politicians allowed to freely destroy our country, as well as our constitution, with lies, while at the same time being safeguarded by the very document they help belittle? This was a law that banned a candidate from INTENTIONALLY lying about their opponent.

Horrific Reactionary Bill Introduced Against Columbia

Republican congressman (CA) and bogus neoconservative presidential candidate Duncan Hunter introduced a bill (HR 3675) into the House (Education and Labor Committee) last week that would actually prohibit any and all grants or contracts with Columbia University. This stems from the University allowing Iranian President Ahmadinejad to come speak last month, where he was treated like a man with horns. They revoked his invitation to speak only a year ago.

Hunter has attacked free speech many times in the past, and this is no different. The neocon thief is not proposing this because of Columbia's ROTC program, or any other garbage he brings up in the bill. That is just a smoke screen he has added in to make it somehow look more legitimate, and to garner a little support, which he won't get. Bush himself didn't even have a problem with Ahmadinejad speaking. Even he is not that stupid. Hunter is complete and utter scum of a politician who repeatedly attacks the First Amendment, and is only doing this because he doesn't like hearing opposing views. Either buy into his propaganda, or lose your free speech.

(1) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for the destruction of the State of Israel, a critical ally of the United States.

(2) In January 2007, commander of Multinational Corps-Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno stated that the United States had traced back to Iran serial numbers of weapons captured in Iraq, including rocket-propelled grenades, roadside bombs and Katyusha rockets.

(7) Through their invitation, Columbia University provided a public, prestigious platform on United States soil from which on September 24, 2007, President Ahmadinejad spoke and defended his wide-ranging support for terrorist activities.

As you can see, the bill is filled with nothing but lies and scare tactics. Some brainwashed mainstream media sheep are buying into it, but no way this bill goes very far. Duncan Hunter is a domestic enemy, and needs to be booted out of office. In his eyes, controversial speech should only be allowed if it is not in conflict with Israeli views. The more they think that, the worse it does for their "cause." Taking away our sovereignty doesn't help.

Renowned Minnesota University Bans Questioning of Isreali Terror

Winner of a Nobel Peace Prize and former Archbishop of South Africa, Desmond Tutu was apparently banned from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis because a handful of Jews in the area don't like what he has said, that for the most part has been directed at the Israeli government and their anti-American lobbies. The University's administration thought that his speaking the truth and questioning the wrongdoings of Israel was just too much.

St. Thomas is a Catholic university deep in their support for peace, and just about everyone affiliated with the school was pretty psyched about not just having someone like Tutu there, but hearing what he had to say. They had scheduled his appearance for this spring, but that now won't be happening. So why the hell would a Catholic university have a problem with it? Administration staff felt they had to make a few inquiries to local Jews to see what they thought about it, and not surprisingly the administration came away with the thought that merely Tutu's appearance there would offend them.

"We had heard some things he said that some people judged to be anti-Semitic and against Israeli policy," says Doug Hennes, St. Thomas's vice president for university and government relations. "We're not saying he's anti-Semitic. But he's compared the state of Israel to Hitler and our feeling was that making moral equivalencies like that are hurtful to some members of the Jewish community."

St. Thomas officials made this inference after Hennes talked to Julie Swiler, a spokeswoman for the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas.

"I told him that I'd run across some statements that were of concern to me," says Swiler. "In a 2002 speech in Boston, he made some comments that were especially hurtful."

This has been happening all over America for a long time, as noted by St. Thomas professor Cris Toffolo:

"What happened at the University of St. Thomas is not an isolated event," says Toffolo. "Until we have an honest debate about U.S. policy related to Israel, and about Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories, the spiral of violence will continue."

Now say what you want about Desmond Tutu or of the bad things that have happened to South Africa since the fall of the apartheid, but the man has made very valid points in the past on Israel, its lobbies, its policies, and its human rights violations over the years. He has refuted claims of being antisemitic (who hasn't) many times in the past, and the points themselves are never really attacked. There are some Jews however that are outraged at the banning of Tutu, but these groups are few and far between as usual.

The truth is every real American should be outraged at this. Everything Israel does effects us because of our 100% cooperative government and horribly bad foreign policy, and not even being able to discuss these things is just unacceptable. So it hurts their feelings. I for one don't give a shit, not to mention that they're probably lying. The truth hurts. And they don't like it, so they try to shut us up any way possible. It's long past time to shut up the Israel lobbies in America.

"...I Hate All Iranians" - Bush Aide

I must have missed this over the weekend, and went through quite a lot of digging the past few days before I finally noticed it. It hasn't exactly made many headlines as far as I can tell, even though it most certainly should. Debra Cagan, a top foreign policy aide to Bush, apparently told members of the British Parliament visiting the Pentagon on September 11 that she hates "all Iranians."

The six MPs were taken aback by the hardline approach of the Pentagon and in particular Ms Cagan, one of Mr Bush's foreign policy advisers.

She made it clear that although the US had no plans to attack Iran, it did not rule out doing so if the Iranians ignored warnings not to develop a nuclear bomb.

It was her tone when they met her on September 11 that shocked them most.

The MPs say that at one point she said: "In any case, I hate all Iranians."

But the anonymous members of Parliament added more.

"She seemed more keen on saying she didn't like Iranians than that the US had no plans to attack Iran," said one MP. "She did say there were no plans for an attack but the tone did not fit the words."

Another MP said: "I formed the impression that some in America are looking for an excuse to attack Iran. It was very alarming."

Tory Stuart Graham, who was on the ten-day trip, would not discuss Ms Cagan but said: "It was very sobering to hear from the horse's mouth how the US sees the situation."

Ms Cagan, whose job involves keeping the coalition in Iraq together, also criticised Britain for pulling out troops.

"She said if we leave the south of Iraq, the Iranians will take it over," said one MP.

Another said: "She is very forceful and some of my colleagues were intimidated by her muscular style."

The Pentagon is, of course, denying this. But who do you really tend to believe? The UK media hasn't been one to lie over the past few years.

Thompson Makes Fool of Himself; Makes GOPs Look Worse

Fred Thompson is going to give the Democrats endless material to work with before his joke of a campaign is over with. The wannabe Bush-puppet warmongering dictator candidate now says that he is "certain" Iraq had WMD before the invasion, then backtracks and says he was talking about the 1980's. If this weren't enough, he used this statement to justify the war in Iraq.

"We can't forget the fact that although at a particular point in time we never found any WMD down there, he clearly had had WMD. He clearly had had the beginnings of a nuclear program," Thompson told an audience of about 60 at a Newton cafe.

Thompson later said he was referring to Saddam's attack on Kurdish northern Iraq with banned weapons in the 1980s.

"He acknowledged, I think, in filings made by the United Nations that prior to the invasion - sometime prior to the invasion - that he had chemical and biological weapons," Thompson said in a Des Moines Register interview. "I mean he used chemical weapons on the Kurds."

"I think." "Sometime in..." This man is a joke; an utter disgrace of a presidential candidate. Neocons sure have a lot of nerve. Didn't the U.S. support Iraq during that war? Didn't the UK have a pretty sizable hand in allowing Saddam to acquire nuclear weapons, and most definitely in storing/producing them? And didn't our troops use chemical weapons numerous times on the Iraqi people and its soldiers during the invasion? He justifies going to war because Saddam used chemical weapons, yet our military and coalition forces did the same thing. How many innocent Iraqis have died? And this guy expects people to believe they care(d) about the Kurds? Four years of Fred Thompson will be four more years of Bush. His supporters should be beyond ashamed. Did the upcoming election really need another bogus candidate? This man will rue the day when he finally gets up in front of people in a REAL debate. There is of course one candidate that he doesn't want to mess with under any circumstances. Be afraid, Fred. At least one candidate believes in the truth.

Warmonger Bolton Again Calls for Bombing of Iran

John Bolton, think-tank purveyor of Zionist lies and propaganda, is at it again. The former U.S. ambassador to the UN said Sunday that he sees no other option than to attack Iran. Why this guy is still allowed to spew his filth on the world is beyond me. Not only that, the man still has his supporters. It's time to bomb HIM, and people like him.

"I don't think the use of military force is an attractive option, but I would tell you I don't know what the alternative is."

Of course he doesn't. Rational thought left this man's skull long ago.

The fact that intelligence about Iran's nuclear activity was partial should not be used as an excuse not to act, Mr Bolton insisted. "Intelligence can be wrong in more than one direction." He asked how the British government would respond if terrorists exploded a nuclear device at home. "'It's only Manchester?' ... Responding after they're used is unacceptable."

Using his own logic there, the Middle East has every reason to hate Israel. This guy is not working for the American people. He's working for Israel and its American lobbyists. Iran's capabilities right now is equal to that of a nuclear power plant. He's trying to further justify going to war just on assumptions and lies, not that we haven't seen this before from the man.

However, he praised the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his forthright criticism of Iran in recent weeks.

Raising the spectre of George Bush's "axis of evil", Mr Bolton said that Kim Jong-il's regime in North Korea was akin to a "prison camp" and that he would "sell anything to anyone".

Those who thought North Korea would give up its nuclear capability voluntarily were wrong, he said.

Of course he's going to praise France's new nonconservative dictator. This isn't the same France that led the coalition against the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He knows that. Predictably, he also had to spread some of the propagandist lies that North Korea is helping Syria go nuclear, which is a laughable impossibility. You can read the whole article here.