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Putin Trashes America

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    Amb. John Bolton hits back at Russian prime minister for calling U.S. 'parasite' on economy

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My debt crisis it's rock in the world of provoking some world leaders did you hear what Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin said about us.

He says Americans are parasites.

Parasites living off the global economy in living beyond our means.

-- is -- years of bastion of the UN stumbled pretty mean that ambassador and have.

Okay we may be living beyond our means but there's something rather unseemly for the Russian.

That prime minister former head of the KGB minus parasites.

Well I think this shows what -- prime minister Putin really thinks about the United States say He thinks -- in decline.

He's deriding.

Our economy and our administration and it's it's a real indication of his basic attitude it's also an indication of the failure.

President Obama's reset policy.

-- because we have been imprudent.

Probably president again.

Somebody who's utterly unimpressed with the multiple concessions that President Obama has made to -- it has gotten us.

Nothing back from Russia not even respect.

Well we have a we have -- -- -- to Russia and and so He has jumped on us for this and that is the very troubling and he's not alone.

Get China has also been critical of us and they are -- are -- -- they -- them a whole lot of money even more than Russia.

So it certainly if I it -- -- how our financial situation has become a international diplomacy.

Problem for us as well.

Well it it could be but it's as much a problem for them to -- Calvin Coolidge once said they hired the money didn't -- You know Russia has a one pony economy.

If oil and natural gas prices globally fell.

Their economy would collapse they have an aging sick declining population.

What they do have because of high low prices is and rapidly increasing military capability.

Rebuilding upgrading their ballistic missiles and their nuclear weapons.

All while the United States declines under the Obama administration's policies in all of our strategic weapons areas.

I recall -- -- -- so they it's unfair for us to put on the screen for the viewers a little picture we have of him shirtless on his farce.

If you can if you can do it to -- and we -- have a little fun and tease him if and we -- make fun of him shirtless and as far as our.

Now that I got.

And through that.

It's for the reset policy -- What do what do we want from -- how does -- -- bend a little bit off the radar screen recently what do we need from them what -- they need for months.

Well today Russia today is acting as an international trouble maker Vladimir Putin said a few years ago when He was still president.

The greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the twentieth century was the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Now most of us think that was actually -- pretty good way to end the twentieth century but it's an indication.

Putin wants to re expand Russian hegemony in the space of the former Soviet Union he's actively working to do it.

He's pressuring eastern and Central Europe using the oil and natural gas weapon.

That He has actively intervene to frustrate American efforts to try and bring.

Peace and security in the Middle East Russia has flown.

Political air cover for Iran in North Korea's nuclear weapons program and now President Obama actually invited Russia.

To try and mediate.

Between the NATO alliance and the and Gadhafi and Libya so all of these steps I think that Russia has taken.

Show that they're not really interested in cooperating without us at all they won't pocket every concession.

That this administration makes but in reciprocity we get nothing.

-- -- Israeli defense minister Ehud Barack Debbie Allen and the second -- player interview with him I'm curious.

You mentioned -- show with regard to Iran.

What is the game right now -- and -- what is the level of danger of Iran vis a vis Israel because.

The United States seems to be downplaying the nuclear weapons capability of Iran of course Israel is very gravely concerned about it.

Well I think Iran continues to make progress towards a nuclear weapons capability every indication we have from publicly available data is there and reaching more and more uranium.

They're about to open a new facility underground facility near com.

-- ballistic missile testing continues -- All diplomatic efforts to stop them have failed the sanctions that have been imposed.

While that certainly cause economic disruption have not slowed down the nuclear weapons program so I think Iran's threat remains very grave and I think the Arab states in the region led by Saudi Arabia and the other gulf Arab states are just as word about Iran's nuclear weapons program -- Israel and they see no leadership on the issue.

From Washington.

I want plus the question -- great -- president.

Well I'm still thinking about it I watch what happened to our defense budget in the negotiations over the debt ceiling legislation I'm very concerned about hollowing out of the American military capability in a dangerous world.

That were just not doing what we need to do to protect ourselves.

So in terms of the last a massive question and today this as a -- sliding more likely or less likely.

Well I I'm gonna try and make up my mind by Labor Day and I've done a lot of due diligence over the past many months and that now I just need to focus and try and make make the decision.

I think there's enormous vulnerability.

In President Obama I think He deserves to be -- that -- I don't think he's competent to be president.

Two and a half years of on the job training haven't improved things so I think the opportunity is there.

And -- thank you ceremony watching -- silly decisions thank you sir.

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