Actually Bolton and his ilk want no part of a real war, which means a conflict with a start and some sort of conclusive ending event. What they seek are ‘conflicts’ which are actions indefinite in length, infinite in various modalities (nation building,infrastructure restoration and upgrade, institutional reform, etc.) that have no established end dates and no definable conditions of successful conclusion. The goal is not to fight but create an interminable conflict situation in which US forces have no real idea what they are trying to accomplish and the permanent government and K Street keep dreaming up new opportunities for promotion, enrichment and profit for the insider corporations.
Good point! War profiteers have always been the cheerleaders on the sidelines kicking their lipsxatbthe thought of increased profits.