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This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” February 11, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Today was the day that Iran said it would punch the west in a way that would leave it stunned.
And earlier, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked the 31st anniversary of the Iranian Revolution by announcing to the world that his country is now a, quote, nuclear state. Now, he said Iran has already produced a significant amount of enriched uranium, which is the material that could be used to manufacture a bomb.
Now meanwhile, violence broke out on the streets of Tehran as protesters also marked today’s anniversary, and there are even reports that the wife of the opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, was brutally beaten during one of the demonstrations.
So after more than a year in office has the Obama administration’s so-called smart power approach to diplomacy made us any safer? And what about our allies in Israel?
Joining me now with reaction to the latest threat from Iran is the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton.
Ambassador, good to see you. Thanks for being with us.
JOHN BOLTON, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO U.N.: Good to be here.
HANNITY: Once again, we’ve got people on the streets of Tehran, freedom fighters. I’ve yet to hear the administration speak out on their behalf. Is that a big mistake?
BOLTON: Well, I wouldn’t hold my breath for that, either. I think what we see today is Ahmadinejad very confident, very determined, making his message about the Iranian nuclear weapons program clear.
And also, by his control over the streets of Tehran and other major cities, making clear this regime intends to stay in power.
I think Obama is crippled by his desire to negotiate with Iran. He doesn’t want to do or say anything that gets in the way of that, and that leaves the demonstrators, who are very powerfully opposed to the regime in Tehran, essentially without any outside help… Read More.