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“Well.... I’M WAITING !!!”

Your question: “Is he or is he not a wannabe John Bolton?”

I gave you the answer to that in post #31:

“But the main difference is that Bolton takes them on directly, like in the UN, and Chang sits back patiently waiting for them to implode. But both feel the outcome the same.”

You asked me what I thought. If you desire to find out why and where I came up with it, ask. But here’s are parts of the reason I made my answer:

He was a very vocal on China with comments even during the Trump administration. In 2018, Bolton criticized Washington’s One-China policy, under which Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China, is not recognized as an independent nation, with recognition being given only to the People’s Republic of China.

On China’s notoriety in intellectual property matters, he remarked in 2018 that “There’s simply no excuse for the stealing of intellectual property, forced technology transfers it’s sometimes called.” We do it also, just like everyone else in the world.

Bolton said in October 2018 that the United States’ need to counter a Chinese arms buildup in the Pacific, including within South China Sea, was one of the reasons for their move to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, because China is not a signatory to the treaty.

During the Republican primary, Republican presidential-hopeful Newt Gingrich said he would ask Bolton to serve as his Secretary of State. In January 2012, Bolton endorsed Mitt Romney for the 2012 Republican Nomination.

In July 2013, Bolton was identified as a key member of Groundswell, a secretive coalition of activists and journalists attempting to advance political change behind the scenes through lobbying of high-level contacts.

There are other things, positive and negative, about Bolton, starting as early as his work in the Bush administration.

He’s a loose cannon and has been removed from diplomatic chores and final decisions by three presidents concerning Bolton’s theory on diplomacy. The last example was President Trump removing John R. Bolton in September of 2019 as national security advisor amid fundamental disputes over how to handle major foreign policy challenges like Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan.

Are you still waiting? I think I gave you plenty with the tip of the iceberg. There’s more, but it gets redundant.

rwood