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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if Bolton hated Muslims, as you claim, how do you explain his past support for our troops in the region? Why did Bolton support any military action in the region at all if he was fine with the way the people were mistreated? [/quote]

I am the PP who said he was not really a neocon, and I would expand on that.  He wanted to destroy Saddam, as an adversary of the US, and an Arab with (well, you know)  WMDs, but was not supportive of rebuilding Iraq.    The neocons who wanted to do so were either to selfless, or too pro muslim, or both, for him.

https://www.vox.com/world/2018/3/23/17155830/john-bolton-national-security-adviser-trump-mcmaster

The word neocon is being tossed about a lot, but Bolton isn’t really a neocon because he doesn’t seem to care about promoting democracy abroad; he just wants to use American power to advance American interests, including waging preventative wars.

Tom Nichols
You’ve got it exactly right: Neocons are about using American force not just for interests, but to establish certain values and changes around the world.

I don’t think Bolton is a neocon because he doesn’t seem to care about democracy promotion; he’s an advocate of preventive war, which means acting way in advance to stomp out a perceived threat — that’s significantly different than preemptive war, which is about neutralizing an imminent threat.

Bolton’s approach to war is preventive, and I think it’s extremely dangerous.[/quote]

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