The chaos throughout the Middle East is a "reflection of the collapse of the Biden administration policy," former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told Newsmax on Wednesday.
"Ever since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Biden has refused, from the outset, to see that Iran is the puppet master in all this," Bolton told "Eric Bolling The Balance," adding that the events throughout the Middle East are not happening "purely by coincidence."
"They're happening because Iran is calling the shots," Bolton said.
Iran's long-term aims include dominance in the region, Israel "swept into the sea," and "grave damage" done to the U.S., Bolton added, noting that the Biden administration's responses to Iranian aggression have been treated by the Ayatollahs "with contempt."
The problems "will continue as long as the Biden administration doesn't get what the cause of all this is, which is the Ayatollahs in Tehran," Bolton said.
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