[Unrepentant VN Vet]

I understand you are tapping the brakes on calling Bolton an out-and-out neocon...

So many faces, so many labels.

Candidly, I started out with the assumption that everybody inside The Beltway was Not To Be Trusted until they very conclusively demonstrated themselves to be otherwise. (Bad habit I've carried over from 'Nam.)

And no, speeches don't count for ****. (Or, for that matter, actions as reported by WaPo/NYSlimes, etc, etc...who I don't trust as far as I do the aforesaid denizens of DC.)

JMHO, Bolton right now is TBD. Could be one of the goats, could be a lamb, all depends on what he's actually done and written and what he does/doesn't do over the next month.

Hell of a deal not being able to trust your own government, ain't it?

Guess that's why I like Trump....and have ever since the first time I got close enough to look him in the eye.

[greeneyes]

Candidly, I started out with the assumption that everybody inside The Beltway was Not To Be Trusted until they very conclusively demonstrated themselves to be otherwise. (Bad habit I’ve carried over from ‘Nam.)
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I don’t think that’s a bad habit. I would call it a smart habit. I agree that the verdict is TBD on Bolton.

However, I’ve personally never cared for the man from what I’ve seen over the years on TV—his appearances.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Hell of a deal not being able to trust your own government, ain't it?

Ever since Obola.
Ever since Benghazi.
Ever since school shootings.
Ever since 9/11.
Ever since Global warming.
Ever since Whitewater.
Ever since Vince Foster.
Ever since "No controlling legal authority".
Ever since "Read my lips".
Ever since "Amiable dunce".
Ever since LBJ.
Ever since Watergate.
Ever since JFK.
Ever since Bay of Pigs.
Ever since FDR.
Ever since The income tax.
Ever since the democRATs.

*Sigh*

Etc etc etc.