Comments on: McMaster out , being replaced by lunatic hawk Bolton

By: RL

RL — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 04:06:37 +0000

So what atrocity will he commit this weekend to distract from the 60 minutes interview?

By: hank

hank — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 20:57:10 +0000

Or someone could conjure up Newt from the Nether Regions.

By: hank

hank — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:55:27 +0000

They are made for each other. They complement each other perfectly. All they need to complete the troika is a cynic.

I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that now that McMaster is out, if Bannon wasn’t on his way back.

By: RL

RL — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:21:05 +0000

(After he supported it)

You know what they say: “Politics, like porn stars, makes for strange bedfellows”

By: hank

hank — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:43:06 +0000

Bolton’s consistently hawkish interpretation of ambiguous intelligence helped convince the Bush Baby that an invasion, and a regime change, was necessary. Now, this probably would have happened anyway, because Cheney and Rumsfeld felt an American puppet state and military presence in the keystone state of the middle east would serve to reassure our allies and intimidate our enemies. And as Cheney pointed out, Iraqi oil would pay the bills for the invasion and occupation so no war taxes would have to be levied.( You know how squeamish Republicans feel about taxes). That’s right, this had nothing to do with a preemptive strike against WMDs. It was classic Geopolitik, pure Imperialism, naked aggression carried out for strategic, military and economic motives.

“Occupy the single strongest and most aggressive Arab state, one already crippled, surrounded and thoroughly surveilled due to the first Gulf War. The Clash of Civilizations will be nipped in the bud.”

Saddam was feared by his neighbors and despised by his own people, and his country bordered, and offered quick access to, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi, Syria, and Turkey. And, unlike Afghanistan, the invasion could be supplied by sea and supported by the Navy. It was all Map Reading 101.

What could possibly go wrong?

By: RL

RL — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:30:15 +0000

Maybe electing someone that needs ‘handlers’ is a bad idea…
Because those that need handlers the most, will inevitably believe they don’t need any guidance at all…

By: hank

hank — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 03:39:20 +0000

And we still have the 60 MInutes interview with Stormy McDaniels to look forward to.

By: RL

RL — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:55:28 +0000

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/10/tape-bolton-israel-should-nuke-iran/ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/opinion/to-stop-irans-bomb-bomb-iran.html

By: RL

RL — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:50:05 +0000

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-bolton-recorded-video-right-to-bear-arms-russia

An interesting figure shows up in a 2013 video pushed by Right to Bear Arms, a Russian gun rights group with close links to the National Rifle Association: former U.N. ambassador John Bolton. In the video, first surfaced Thursday by NPR, Bolton encourages Russia to follow the United States’ example and incorporate gun rights into the country’s constitution. TPM has previously reported on the links between the NRA and Right to Bear Arms, which was founded by Russian banker and “lifetime” NRA member Aleksandr Torshin. The FBI is reportedly investigating whether Torshin illegally channeled Russian funds to the NRA on behalf of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. The NRA has denied any wrongdoing. Torshin is a close friend of former NRA president David Keene. Keene asked Bolton to record the short clip, and had appointed Bolton to the NRA’s international affairs subcommittee in 2011, according to NPR’s report. In the same year the video was made, Torshin attended the NRA convention in Houston with conservative heavyweights including Ted Cruz, Rick Perry, and Bolton himself.