I only remember him from when he was UN ambassador (which he only served as a recess appointment, and resigned before his confirmation could be shot down).
Here are some things I heard about him today on various NPR programs, including the PBS Newshour:
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[li]He is unrepentant about being one of the most aggressive proponents of the invasion of Iraq under Bush II, and still thinks it was a good idea (“brilliant move” is what someone said he thinks about it).[/li][li]He has never served in military action and has never lost a loved one to military action (he spent the Vietnam era in the Maryland Army National Guard, which was never sent to Vietnam). [/li][li]Here is a quote about his choices during that era: “by the time I was about to graduate in 1970, it was clear to me that opponents of the Vietnam War had made it certain we could not prevail, and that I had no great interest in going there to have Teddy Kennedy give it back to the people I might die to take it away from.”[/li][li]He doesn’t seem to care about how many people are killed in these actions, either our people or theirs, as long as it isn’t him. [/li][li]He kisses ass upward, and bullies relentlessly downwards.[/li][/ul]Now these are only what I heard, and you may certainly consider the source. He sounds to me like a truly vile semi-human being, and I fear that he has now found a welcoming home in 45’s White House.
Sorry for the lack of vitriol in a pit thread, this is not intended to be a rant, and I am too scared for the next 3 years to be creatively rant-y.
I can see Mattis and Kelly being forced to work overtime to restrain the runaway “all bad ideas, all the time” influence this chickenhawk will bring. The leaks will be more exciting than at the height of the Bannon era.
One of the precious few positions on which the president and I agree.
I have a theory that nobody anywhere, left or right, actually likes John Bolton. Including his own family, if they exist. Willing to admit I’m wrong, of course, should evidence present itself.
On the bright side, the odds of me getting to celebrate retiring from the Army for the second time just sharply increased. I could think of better reasons for a party, though.:smack:
I often wonder when I look at someone like Ann Coulter if she really believes the shit she spouts. Looking at her and Tomi Lahren and Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson and the like I really think they are just cashing in. I suppose spouting all that bullshit they come to believe some of it but surely they can’t honestly believe, privately, that their bullshit makes sense. They are laughing all the way to the bank.
Bolton on the other hand is far more dangerous. I think he is truly a true believer no matter how you slice it. I think he is deranged. He really, truly thinks his craziness is the right way. He has a screw loose somewhere. Usually assholes like him end up in jail but somehow he has managed to ingratiate himself enough with the right people to get to these positions of power.
The likes of DeVos are dangerous because they are idiots. The likes of Bolton are dangerous because they are insane.
Coulter is an intelligent person that’s just cynically cashing in on evil, no doubt in my mind. Sean Hannity, however, is an extremely stupid person. Wouldn’t surprise me if he believed what he says.
Bolton is a lying, stinking, warmongering piece of shit. He was one of the “Prospect For A New American Century” neocons, and he was the worst, the most rabid and the most psycho of the whole fucking bunch. He is always spoiling for a war. Of course he never signed up to actually join up and fight in any war, but he’s all in to have everyone else fight.