Opinion: John Bolton, Regime-Change & WW3

The most striking “new” scandal” that has ripped through the WH, apart from scurrilous innuendo of highly dubious allegations of sexual misconduct from the POTUS, is the firing of H.R. McMaster from the National Security Advisor post, and the appointment of the alt-right warmonger, John Bolton.

Who is John Bolton?

John R. Bolton served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005 to December 2006. He was a “recess” appointment by George W. Bush however, because under  a Congressional confirmation Hearing, this appointment would never had happened, due to Bolton’s hawkish views on Iraq, N. Korea, and particularly, Iran.

What are these “Hawkish” views?

Bolton is a highly outspoken advocate of “regime-change”, specifically on N. Korea and Iran. Along with other neoconservatives (though he denies neo-con affiliation, which is false) like Bill Kristol, lobbied relentlessly for the invasion of the sovereign state of Iraq. Now, fifteen years later, Bolton continues to justify the millions of Iraqi deaths and thousands of American and allied solider sacrifices for this illegal war. As military and neo-con journalists and “talking heads” on conservative news sites, like Breitbart and Fox News, down play this war as a “mistake” or a geo-political “miss-interpretation”. According to International Law, the Iraq war is nothing less than a war crime. And, most disgustingly, those responsible like V.P. Cheney and G.W. Bush dance like empty-headed fools with Ellen DeGeneres on day time TV, given a free pass, because most criticise POTUS Trump. Bolton makes no apologies, doesn’t use soft language nor diminished rhetoric, he states his intentions emphatically: regime change, invasion, torture, bombing and annihilation.

As mentioned above, Bolton has denied his neo-conservatism. This is simply not true. He is a member of the “Project for the New American Century”, whose members range from such warmongers as Bush 1 and 2, VP Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Max Boot, Jeb Bush - the membership list reads like a who’s who of virtual Globalist sabre rattlers. Bolton is also a member of JINSA, the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, whose anti- Palestine voice is loud and clear.

Bolton has continuously supported and lobbies for military action and regime change in Syria, Libya, and Iran.

Ironically, and not surprising at all, a major aspect of Trumps MAGA presidential campaign, was clear disagreement with America’s “conflicts” overseas, namely Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. In fact he called it a waste of US resources, time and money…and a terrible sacrifice of innocent American lives. Since taking office, he’s seemed to have changed his mind. The military budget has exceeded previous budgets by billions of dollars. Only three months in office, he committed thousands more troops into Afghanistan. The president’s support of Saudi Arabia is almost unprecedented, selling billions of dollars in weapons, to the Islamic regime, to then brag about it only last week. He, as POTUS has rarely mentioned, if at all, the genocidal decimation of Yemen, while continuing to back the tiny country’s destruction.

Is it a surprise he appointed Bolton to one of the most powerful posts in the White House?  In hindsight, journalists’ like Michael Cole and Jeremy Scahil of The Intercept predicted Bolton’s arrival, well before the sudden firing of H.R. McMaster. Cole mentioned that, in a podcast, Bolton had been seen entering and exiting the WH for several weeks. It was only a matter of time.

John Bolton was a favourite on Trump State Television, (Fox News), spewing his xenophobia and hate for Iran, and the need for regime change in that country.

The non-nuclear deal with Iran, made by president Obama, is currently up for review. What can we expect from the POTUS, who has voiced his disagreements with the deal in the past?

The arrival of John Bolton to the NSA post in early April, one can only guess what hateful whispers of hate, he will blow in the president’s ear.

Combine Pompeo’s appointment to the Secretary of State, (a proven hater, bigot and regime change cheerleader), and Gina Hasprel to head the CIA (a war criminal for her pro-torture stance), and John Bolton, are we headed for WW3?

Time will only tell.