What a great pleasure and honor to welcome former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. John Bolton, to Pundit Review Radio. Ambassador Bolton joined us for wide ranging, thirty minute interview in which we covered a ton of ground. I have broken the interview into two segments. His excellent new book, Surrender is Not an Option, was the basis for our discussion
This first segment runs about 18 minutes and we cover the sorry state of the U.N., the situation with Iran and North Korea, as well as the inter-agency friction between State, Defense and Justice. We also talked about the problems within the State Department as well as the relationships between the principals at the top of these agencies, people such as Rumsfled, Armitage, Powell and Rice. It was very interesting to talk to him about the role of interpersonal relationships and how it can influence public policy.
Segment two is about 12 minutes long and we covered the sorry state of the Ivy League (Bolton has some great stories in the book about his experience as a conservative at Yale); the Israeli bombing of Syria, which Bolton thinks should be talked about more publicly and the rise of China’s military while the world focuses its attention on Islamic fanatics.
All of our interviews are also available for download at iTunes and Podcast Alley via the Pundit Review Radio Podcast.
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