Bolton says he doesn't think Trump
admin 'really means it' on stopping
North Korea nukes
The Hill [Washington DC],
by
John Bowden
Original Article
Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk,
12/22/2019 9:27:00 PM
Former national security adviser John Bolton said in an interview Sunday that he doubts that President Trump "really means it" when he says his administration will stop North Korea from developing nuclear warheads that could reach the U.S.
In an interview with Axios's Jonathan Swan, the former White House official said that Trump's policy of blocking North Korea from obtaining such weapons was a "rhetorical policy" that the administration would soon be forced to admit had failed.
"The idea that we are somehow exerting maximum pressure on North Korea is just unfortunately not true," Bolton told the news outlet.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jar 12/22/2019 9:29:30 PM (No. 269460)
Definitely would not want Bolton testifying in impeachment hearings.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
czechlist 12/22/2019 9:36:18 PM (No. 269464)
Bolton is a classic DC swamp critter. What has he ever accomplished? Why didn't he solve the NorK issue 15 years ago?
I worked with the likes of Bolton for 35 years. Seniority does not mean you are competent; it may just mean your bosses aren't.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
janjan 12/22/2019 9:36:42 PM (No. 269467)
Bolton is an extreme hawk who likes to go to war. That is the absolute last resort, not what you lead with. That is why Trump is President and Bolton is not.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird 12/22/2019 9:40:15 PM (No. 269470)
Bolton has become a huge disappointment. Is he another Napolitano, disgruntled because he wanted a higher level job? Or has he become Bidenized. An angry man… Useful to the Dems, but no confidence on our side.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bythegates 12/22/2019 9:40:20 PM (No. 269471)
I find myself caring less and less about the words coming out of this guy's mouth.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Quigley 12/22/2019 10:08:22 PM (No. 269485)
That’s helpful!
Or is there something that’s not obvious?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Lanetam 12/22/2019 10:38:17 PM (No. 269501)
In other words, Trump isn't going to get us in another war.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Vesicant 12/22/2019 11:10:34 PM (No. 269515)
If hot air and vanity were effective ABM defenses, we could park Bolton off the coast of NK.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bighambone 12/22/2019 11:43:40 PM (No. 269524)
Well the alternative to what President Trump has been doing with Chairman Kim of North Korea in trying to get North Korea to come in from the cold and join the modern world, no doubt according to Bolton, would be US military strikes against all known North Korean nuclear and missile facilities and bomb North Korea into the Stone Age. If such strikes are launched there would be no guarantee that whatever capabilities that North Korea had left would not result in nuclear weapons being fired into South Korea, Japan, and even the USA. Who needs that?
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John Bolton, shut your damn mouth! You are letting any future presidents know they should never trust you, because you tend to become petty and vindictive when you can't have your way!!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
rfr46 12/23/2019 3:23:41 AM (No. 269563)
This petty, vindictive man is giving comfort and aid to our country's enemy. For money and vanity. If it were wartime, he should be shot on the spot. As it is, he is probably not giving away any great secret, though the NORKS should not underestimate PDT's ability to change his mind.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/23/2019 4:09:25 AM (No. 269565)
The ships we have in that area already could swat Kim's missiles down like flies. No need for Bolton to make silly comments like this.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
OBX Pete 12/23/2019 5:07:56 AM (No. 269575)
Bolton should shut his mouth and go away...…….and take Hillary with him.
Enough of these big mouth losers !!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
chumley 12/23/2019 6:41:43 AM (No. 269597)
I've heard him speak in past years and he seemed pretty smart, but no matter what the question, the answer is always war. It gets tiresome and dangerous. I'm glad the president kicked him to the curb. We haven't won a war since 1945 and guys like him are the reason.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 12/23/2019 9:11:44 AM (No. 269740)
It's getting to the point where his only redeeming quality is his ability grow and maintain a really nice mustache.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 12/23/2019 10:43:23 AM (No. 269872)
Like all the previous administrations really meant it Johnny? Kind of like that? Trump has done more to quiet the little twerp than all the previous administrations have ever. China is the puppet master behind Rocketman, and that is why he is feeling free to act up. He has his marching orders. What we think out here is that you are a thin skinned warmongering chicken hawk who is getting payback from the MIC somehow. Constant war keeps you and others like you in job security.
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I am truly quite flummoxed as to why Bolton would even make comments like this as the DPRK gets closer to make good on a promise to give US a "Christmas surprise", which can mean anything from benign to quite serious militarily.