Israel Matzav: Bolton: Too late for sanctions

Bolton: Too late for sanctions

I feel vindicated when a guy who is as savvy as John Bolton writes essentially the same things I have been writing all along. Bolton writes in the Wall Street Journal that the time for sanctions was six years ago. Now, it's too late.

First, the U.N. Security Council is no more likely now to approve strict sanctions against Iran than in the past. The prospects for Russian and Chinese support are between slim and none, since endorsing sanctions would harm their own economic and political interests in Iran. The most to expect from the council is a fourth sanctions resolution, as weak and ineffective as its predecessors, and only after weeks or months of agonizing negotiations.

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Israel Matzav: Bolton: Too late for sanctions