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John Bolton makes a Good Thing into a Bad Thing

Some people really do live in another universe. Not saying they are wrong, mind you, just saying I don't want to pack up and go live there.

Todays Washington Post has a little piece Clintons Unwise Trip to North Korea by John Bolton

Now, I personally think John Bolton is one of the glibbest people on the planet. I wish I had his talent to express my opinions accurately in words. I also think he is a real horse's ass and disagree with almost everything he says. I don't even list him as one of the people I would like to sit down and have a beer with and that list is legion.

I thought is was a conservative premise that the old ways are always the best ways. That is what the word conservative means, isn't it? Well, one of the oldest, and best grist for movies, American mantras used to be "We will protect Americans from being mishandled anywhere on the planet". Of course this is no longer true, but what in the world is Bolton thinking about? I thought, as much as I usually disagree with him, that he was a man of strong principles. I did not think he would stoop to playground politics, "If the other guy scores , it must be because he broke the rules."

I guess the best answer to this neocons flip flop is, "What would Teddy Roosevelt have done?"