Bolton was a big cheerleader for the debacle in Iraq. He probably still defends that fiasco to this very day.
The American neo-con goal is to rid the Middle East of every non Muslim, so of course someone like Bolton would say this.
The War Powers Act gives the prez unilateral first strike authority with strict duration limitations.
That debacle in Iraq (rightly or wrongly executed) was based on the very same canisters of poison gas being featured foremost in the news of today.
They probably still have USA markings visible on them.
I supported going into Iraq....and knowing everything I know now about Saddam’s ties to terror...I still do.
That he was. And to this day the braying asses of interventionism will not admit what they have wrought. The Republican Party's legitimacy rested largely on its realism and common sense in foreign policy and economic prosperity at home. Bush and Cheney pissed away both. And I do not foresee the Republican Party's image recovering in the next several election cycles, either.