Posted on 04/09/2018 2:11:49 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot
(CNN) As John Bolton settles into his new job as US National Security Adviser this week in the midst of raging international issues, officials in Washington and foreign capitals will be putting significant effort into trying to predict the behavior of the mustachioed 69-year-old aide to President Donald Trump.
They should start by reading "Surrender is Not an Option," Bolton's comprehensive 2007 memoir about working for the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. It provides much insight into Bolton's views about American national security.
Despite its tendentious title -- has any US politician or policymaker really advocated American surrender? -- Bolton's 504-page memoir is an invaluable road map to what he believes and how he does business. For that reason alone it should be required reading for those at the White House, Pentagon and State Department who will be dealing with him, as well as for his foreign counterparts and their staffs.
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has any US politician or policymaker really advocated American surrender?
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Every one that has supported amnesty.
Bush I, Bush II, Yeb! Bush, McCain, Graham, Rubio, Hatch, Heller, Hoeven, Murkowsky, Alexander, Corker, etc., etc.
Less carrot, more stick.
Obama on both Iraq, Iran and the TPP come to mind
Is there anywhere an objective evaluation of the chasm between Bolton and Juan McWeasel on policy, strategery and tactics?
Of course they don't call it surrender, but MANY politicians, mostly Democrats, have advocated and do advocate surrender.
Yes indeed, remember “The Lion of the Senate” Teddy Kennedy and Viet Nam?
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