John Bolton: Won't rule out running in 2016

John Bolton says he’s focused at present on helping get conservatives elected in the 2014 mid-terms, but did not rule out running for President in 2016. Ambassador Bolton appeared as a guest on The JJ McCartney Show Friday, and while he says his attention at present is on his PAC and Super-PAC, which is focusing on electing conservative Republicans to the Senate and the House in November, he indicated he hasn’t ruled anything out beyond the 2014 mid-terms.

The interview, which takes place right at the 60-minute mark of the show(the top of the second hour of the show, which can be heard here ) covered several topics, from the void of leadership in DC, to the lawlessness of the Obama administration’s refusal to enforce the law.

One of the questions asked of Ambassador Bolton centered on the tendency by political leaders to fail to recognize that the U.S. is at war, and failing to recognize that Islam and Radical Islam is the enemy which is warring against the U.S.. Mr. Bolton acknowledged that the lack of political leaders willing to proclaim publicly what most Americans recognize as a critical threat to our nation. Citing the defeat in Virginia of Eric Cantor in the GOP primary, he said Americans are tired of being ignored by their representatives in D.C>

On Iraq, Bolton noted that as far as U.S. intervention is concerned, he believes we’re in a no-win situation since assisting the Maliki regime would in essence be propping up a puppet of Iran, the largest state sponsor of terror in the world. Citing a quote for Henry Kissinger from the ’80s when speaking of the Iran/Iraq war: “It’s a shame both sides can’t lose.”

Addressing the problems and the manufactured crisis on our southern border with Mexico, and the exploitation of illegal immigrant children, Bolton made reference to the consistent tendency by the Obama regime to refuse to enforce the law, and in so doing, creating this frenzy of lawlessness. As drugs are flowing freely to the gang networks that distribute them to the major cities of the U.S., Bolton indicated the much more grave danger of the porous border is terrorists using these human trafficking routes, making it easier for radical terrorists to gain entry into the nation.

Bolton indicated that he is flattered and appreciates the sentiments of those who are urging him to run for President in 2016, and while he indicates his focus is presently on getting more conservatives elected in November 2014, he would assess things after the mid-terms. But he would NOT flatly reject the idea of a Bolton run in 2016.