Bolton has been saying he’d give testimony ALL ALONG provided the conditions were met and a formal subpoena was made out. He needed that in order for the Trump admin to take the issue to court.
The Democrats unfortunately didn’t bite and were too wary to do it.
The decision to act on Iran has to do with the defection of a very important Iranian general in April most likely. The defector was one of Suleimani’s comrades in the IRGC and he brought with him reams of material outlining Iranian [Suleimsn’s] terrorism plans and methods.
APRIL 23, 2019 : (IRANIAN GENERAL ALI NASIRI DEFECTS FROM THE IRGC) On April 23rd, a huge story went mostly unnoticed as former Iranian Brigadier General Ali Nasiri from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) allegedly defected to the United States through an embassy in the region. He had with him a treasure trove of documents related to Iranian military and intelligence plans.
Nasiri’s fleeing from Iran has had an extremely negative impact among the hierarchy under his command. On April 19, the IRGC-associated Fars news agency referred to the fate of Nasiri without any further explanation.
“Under an order issued by Mohammad Ali Jafari, the [then] Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander-in-chief, Brigadier General Fat’ollah Jamiri has been appointed as commander of the IRGC Counterintelligence Organization.” This report made no mentioning of Nasiri.
Though neither the Iranians nor the Americans have officially confirmed the defection, events that followed an April 11 meeting in which Nasiri reported came to blows with Hossein Taeb, head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization, seem to support the claim. Nasiri reportedly left the meeting prematurely and then did not show up to work. Soon after it was reported he may have fled the country to another Persian state to claim asylum with the United States.
Iran confirmed that Nasiri was no longer in charge of his intelligence unit, replaced by Brigadier General Fathollah Jomeiri.
-—— Brig. Gen. Ali Nasiri allegedly defected with Iranian military plans. Now major U.S. firepower is on the way. Coincidence?, NOQ Report, 5/6/2019 | JD Rucker , Posted on 5/6/2019, 10:38:41 AM by NewJerseyJoe
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He defected the next day after SecState announced 10M USD for information leading to RevGuards, Hezzi and other Iranian proxy terror group prosecution.
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I don’t think the Iranians knew for a while what became of their General, if he was abducted, if he fled the country, or what he might have taken with him. Either that or they sent him to defect and carry misinformation. Either way the analysts would take a long hard look at the defector’s gift and would have spent a lot of time interrogating the defector.
I think Bolton’s leaving a few months after the defection was a feint to give the Iranians enough rope to hang themselves. They would certainly have seen his leaving as a sign of softening, a sign Trump was a paper tiger. And believing this, they may have assumed the US got nothing of great value and continued with plans they should have considered compromised.