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The low down on John Bolton, and it is really low down – as in bottom feeder. Here we go again. Moon of AlabamaCountdown To War On Iran bSee alsoExposé. Bolton again.TruthdigTrump Team May Be Focusing on Odd, Obscure Iran Plan Max Blumenthal

Excoriating smackdown. The neocons believe so strongly that America must lead the world and mankind forward that they accept the idea that the achievement of human progress justifies any means needed to advance that goal.... The Unz ReviewThe Neocons Are Selling Koolaid Again! Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.)  At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lang was the Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) for the Middle East, South Asia and counter-terrorism, and later, the first Director of the...

An expert assessment of the recent missile attack on Syria and what's next.Sic Semper TyrannisAn interim post on Syria ... (Editorial) by PLCol. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.) At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lang was the Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) for the Middle East, South Asia and counter-terrorism, and later, the first Director of the Defense Humint Service. At the DIA, he was a member of the Defense Senior Executive Service. He participated in the drafting of National...

Bolton spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben Shabbat, to coordinate the U.S.-led attack on Syria early Saturday morning. HAARETZTrump Adviser Bolton Coordinated U.S.-led Strike in Syria With Israel Noa Landau

“I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy… I considered the war in Vietnam already lost.” — John Bolton, 1995 Shorter John Bolton: I totally would’ve gone to fight the war I publicly advocated, but it was going to be lost anyway, and I didn’t want to die, like the 9,500-plus Americans who went in my stead and died between 1970 and the fall of Saigon. Now buy my book, Surrender Is Not An Option, which explains why we need war with Iran and North Korea. With hawks...

This is a must-read. Ray McGovern tells the inside story in a gripping way. John Bolton’s March 22 appointment-by-tweet as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has given “March Madness” a new and ominous meaning. There is less that a week left to batten down the hatches before Bolton makes U.S. foreign policy worse that it already is. During a recent interview with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill (minutes 35 to 51) I mentioned that Bolton fits seamlessly into a group of...

"Preemptive war."CounterpunchIf John Bolton Is Right, Pearl Harbor Was Perfectly Legal Kara Love, attorney

Another professional looks at John Bolton in terms of his abysmal record. JackMattlock.com William Polk on John Bolton and Dangers Ahead Jack Mattlock | former US Ambassador to the USSR under President Reagan

'This is a brilliant move straight out of The Art of The Deal – Bolton will scare [North Korea] to death'. I guess that's one way to think about it. But it is also scaring the world to death, including many Americans. The presumption of these folks is that if and when Kim and Trump meet, The Donald will give Rocket Man an ultimatum to disarm or North Korea will be reduced to ash. In other words, a deal you can't refuse, Mafia-style.Asia TimesBolton appointment lets Trump negotiate from...

As they say in the military, "the shit's on." Here we go again.The HillTrump replaces McMaster with Bolton as national security adviser Jordan FabianDem senator [Markey] on Bolton hire: Trump is 'lining up his war cabinet' Brett Samuels Also Zero HedgeTrump Replaces McMaster With John Bolton As Security Advisor Trump Admin Approves $1BN Arms Deal With Saudi Arabia, Including 6,700 Missiles Trump Slaps China With $50 Billion In Tariffs US To File WTO Suit Against China For Trade...