John Bolton is the architect (or at least one of them) of our endless Middle East wars, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands, and has never met a war he wasn’t for. He is a stark ideologue and as far right as you can be without falling off the edge. He has never been a friend of either Democrats or anyone even approaching the left or center.
If he’s upset by Trump, its because Trump is too incompetent to actually engage in enough bloodshed to satisfy his bloodlust. It’s because Trump is exposing the lie behind the last 20 years of right wing posturing to manufacture yet another conflict to feed the military-industrial beast. There is a chance that he’s as anti-Putin as he is anti-everything else, which is a plus. There is a small chance he recognizes Trump may be a Russian stooge.
But make no mistake… it is a tremendous gamble to put our hopes in Bolton.
Let’s review what could happen:
1. This is all an elaborate posturing to get rich off his book.
^^^^THIS^^^^
2. This is an elaborate ruse to protect the rightwing war machine, Bolton testifies and essentially makes it a non-issue and exonerates Trump (blaming someone below him, etc). If it’s in service to his ideology you can bet Bolton would do it.
3. Bolton is only interested in removing Trump if he’s sure that whoever comes after (Pence) is even more amendable and competent to wage war. Even if its simply to bring on Armageddon.
4. Bolton pleads the 5th and is an Ollie North style silent witness.
^^^^ALSO THIS^^^^
What I’m saying is that I do not believe Bolton will act in any way to help our side, or help the moderate forces within the GOP. This is the set of beliefs that ask — what if Pence and his evangelical generals are worse and actually are competent enough to get us into WW III or worse?
I’m not saying I don’t want to see Trump removed, but Bolton is no hero of the left or of peace.