I just woke up at 5:30 a.m. EST to hear John Bolton crisply warn a BBC Radio correspondent with off-handed certainty about the utter reality that Iran is inciting hostilities with the whole world and especially the USA that will result in an upcoming conflict. Speaking as a member of the American Enterprise Institute, Bolton was very matter-of-fact with his assessments that conflict with Iran is inevitable and coming soon.
Sorry that I cannot cite, link, or quote any of this, the BBC has not put anything up on their website(s) yet. I will try to update later but I assume the story will appear here. And I know that this is far from shocking to hear Bolton calling for war with Iran, but I still find it remarkable that a politically ousted warmonger, having left an extremely unpopular presidential administration, and having joined an unabashedly right-wing think tank STILL gets his voice heard around the world on a MSM outlet like the BBC. Take away those qualifiers and "we" are still left with a former high-ranking US official openly advocating war with Iran.
It is just stupid neo-con fantasy foreign policy with no regard for consequences.