This wasn’t Bolton’s only lapse of judgement. His previous lapse of judgement helped push us into the disastrous war in Iraq.
Could you provide some proof of that, I have been following Bolton for years and I don’t think he was in the decision making loop about whether to go to war or not, that was way above his pay grade.
Some of you are far to emotional about this, Trump only really cares about the competence of the people he hires, I don’t think he cares whom they worked for previously.
I know what you folks think about that. I know what Trump thinks about it.
Folks, Iraq is more stable and at peace with it’s neighbors than it has been in at least 30 years.
If we had left Iraq with a contingency force as was planned, ISIS would never have been able to do what it did. We should have taken it out.
The Kurds were happy. The Sunnis were happy. The other sect in country was happy.
Hussein had attack four of it’s neighbors. He had attacked Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.
He would not stop threatening his neighbors. He would not stop saying he supported terrorist acts against the U. S. He was paying the families of suicide bombers in Israel.
He would move his troops up to the borders in violation of the understanding after the first gulf war.
Then 09/11 came along, and we decided to make an example of him.
I have never disagreed with that, and I never will.
There is no terrorist type activity directed against the U. S. in Iraq.
That is an accomplishment.