It should go without saying that I don’t think much of the Trump Administration becoming even more hawkish by the addition of John Bolton as national security advisor.
What may be less obvious is that I don’t think that a hawkish Trump Administration is the gravest risk. What concerns me even more is that the use of military force has become a valence issue, i.e. the two major political parties vie over which employs force better or more frequently.
War should be the exception not the rule. The last resort rather than the first. We should only engage in war when we no longer are able to weigh profit and loss.
I recall Bolton’s name came up at this site as one of the names least desired for a cabinet position. Although this isn’t a cabinet position, the rate Trump is going, we’ll get all of the names somewhere along the line.
I might have to join the #NeverTrump crowd.
I picture John Bolton wearing a 100% snag-free, polyester, Sansabelt, wash-and-wear leisure suit. If your idea of a good hairstyle is the ‘child molester special’, I doubt your judgement about anything else is any better.
Bolton is one of the last people I would like to see in this position. As I read somewhere, he’s the neocon’s neocon.
It’s a consolation that given the uhmmm “turnover†in this administration, there’s a 50/50 chance that Bolton will be gone by the midterm elections.
The NSC is going to be a carnival of leaks as Bolton tries to manage the interagency process.
During the campaign Trump had said he would like to have Bolton have a position in his cabinet, so this was not surprising. Also, may be getting more difficult to find people. Awful choice.
Steve
Just heard the defense of Bolton on the PBS News Hour. The advocate said that historically people with strong opinions have had the most influence when they went against type. The example he gave was the pivotal role of Colin Powell in advancing the case for the Iraq War.