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Bolton [also said] said the tourist bus bombing in Bulgaria was not just “a
tit for tat operation” initiated by Iran, but was timed for “maximum effect.” He
noted, for example, that the Bulgaria killings coincided with the 18th
anniversary of a bombing against Israelis in Buenos Aires and comes as new
tensions with Iran are building over its efforts to develop a nuclear-weapons
program.
“I mean, this is clearly — it was timed for its max effect. And that’s why I
think Israel is perfectly entitled to respond,” said Bolton, now a Fox News
contributor. “It’s not just a tit-for- tat operation. This is self-defense, to
dissuade Iran, if it’s susceptible of rational calculation, not to do this
again.”
Calling Iran “the central banker of terrorism,” Bolton said things would only
get worse for Israel and the rest of the world “once they get nuclear weapons.”
“If Israel waits until Iran gets nuclear weapons and then Iran continues to
engage in these kinds of terrorist attacks, Iran really can do it with impunity
because Israel risks a nuclear response from Iran,” he said, noting that the
Jewish state is “entitled to stop the attacks at their source."
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