FOX News: Whether we like or not we have engaged Putin with Syria and Iran’s nuclear program and the weapons program… then you have got the situation where Germany loves that oil from Russia and the UK that is deeply twined with them economically…
John Bolton: Following one bad policy doesn’t justify following other bad policies. The negotiations with Russia over Syria were never going to work. The negotiations with Iran over its nuclear weapons program were never going to work, weather Russia cooperates with us or not. The bigger problem, and its serious, is Western Europe’s reliance on Russian oil and natural gas. That will take longer to correct but in the meantime what the president should be doing is pulling the Europeans along. It’s a hard task I think he’s probably tired of it…