The former official is out on his own and can look forward to never getting a job with any Admin ever again. He is on a par with Jimmy Carter except encouraging different bands of enemies.
Nevertheless, he is correct.
Why would any administration want an official who has a brain and makes common sense?
Not getting Bolton appointed to the UN Ambassador is another line on the list of Bush backing down and showing no gonads.
Bolton has absolutely no comparison to Carter. Bolton has the nads. Carter lost his at an early age.
Bolton has made some mistakes, but his policies are usually based in reality, and he does understand that there are consequences of both action and inaction.
Carter has made nothing but mistakes, and his policies aren't remotely based on reality.
There's really not much similarity between the two.
Carter would be more like Bolton if he had any idea who the enemy was, who our allies are, something about the modern Iran he created, and that we actually have enemies, other than dem villain Jews.