And because 100% of his presence in public life prior to his current position involved, in some way, advocating for optional military adventurism.
I’m rather astonished you could be making an argument otherwise with a straight face. It’s not like pretty much everyone here doesn’t already know who he is, so who do you think you’re fooling?
National security experts are supposed to be expert in the use of military force. Making the case for a military intervention does not make one an advocate of military adventurism. Indeed, since Bolton is on board with Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Syria, he is decidedly in favor of lessening marginal active military commitments. Warning Syria against the use of chemical weapons is a well-chosen reiteration of long-standing US and NATO policies. Syria and Assad deserve no slack or sympathy.