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Newsweek: The president of Israel said he wants Israel "wiped off the map", will his comments affect nuclear negotiations?
Bolton: The two are definitely related. The idea that there are somehow moderates in this regime in Iran is, thanks to the president's comments, something we can dismiss as illusory. And it underlines with special force the risk of having an Iran that's nuclear-capable and ballistic-missile equipped. The consequences are not hypothetical when you have someone saying "I want to wipe somebody off the map" or that they ought to be moved to Europe or that the holocaust did not occur, that is not somebody you want to have with their finger on the button.
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Found this in my Newsweek, on page 88 and thought it clearly reflects what I had remarked on at the outset.