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'Rhetorical policy': Bolton says Trump administration is bluffing on vow to denuclearize North Korea
Washington Examiner ^ | | December 22, 2019 06:59 PM | Carlin Becker

Posted on 12/22/2019 4:09:07 PM PST by conservative98

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To: Pelham

I never made any claims about who hired NSC personnel you clown...only that McMaster hired Ciarmella as his personal aide.

Which I notice you don’t deny either.


41 posted on 12/22/2019 10:35:48 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck

John “The Walrus” Bolton another fine piece of work. Glad they dumped this chump.


42 posted on 12/23/2019 1:07:09 AM PST by mason-dixon (As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
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To: conservative98

Here is why Bolton was wrong for the job and it was good that he was fired.

We can even take his opinion and assume that MAYBE he is right, that Trump is (a) not being hard enough on North Korea and (b) U.S. policy direction is NOT LIKELY to result in denuclearization of the militay stance of North Korea.

Yet, even if that is the case, how as a Trump admin official or former Trump admin official does that opinion improve anything as far as U.S. policies on North Korea.’

And most importantly how does Bolton voicing that opinion improve anything as far as policies coming from North Korea.

The fact is that Bolton is helping improve nothing, and on the later part he may be allowing the regime in North Korea to play the card that believes Trump is bluffing. Whether or not Trump is bluffing, the North believing he is can lead the North to take an action that radically changes U.S. policy, proving Bolton and the North are wrong.

Bolton may be empowering miscalculation on the part of the North.

I think Bolton must really be a small man and he still is upset he lost what is likely to be his last ever U.S. federal government role.


43 posted on 12/23/2019 8:41:13 AM PST by Wuli
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You “never made any claim about who hired NSC personnel” and in the very same sentence you claim McMaster “hired Eric Ciarmella as his personal aide”. Probably not a surprise that you can’t see the problem with your logic.


44 posted on 12/23/2019 12:46:17 PM PST by Pelham (Obama. Seditious conspiracy. Misprision of treason.)
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To: conservative98

The hawk has his talons out...again.


45 posted on 12/23/2019 3:12:28 PM PST by SaraJohnson ( Whites must sue for racism. It's pay day.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Bolton reminds me of the "Ack!" cat from Bloom County.

46 posted on 12/23/2019 3:57:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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He fired people known for solid Trump support.

Yes, McMaster fired a bunch of Trump/Flynn loyalists including Rich Higgens who was with Trump from the transition...and replaced them with Susan Rice acolytes like Eric Ciarmella.

That will be HR McMaster's enduring legacy from his short tenure as NSC director...a rat and a leaker.

47 posted on 12/23/2019 5:46:11 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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