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The Serious Foreign Policy Thread--Bolton Cleans House
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Like Tillerson, McMaster is gone right after condemning Russia for the murders in the UK.

Fox News personality John Bolton in as the new National Security Advisor, whose role on the NSC has traditionally been to make sure the president is getting balanced intel.


 It just got seriouser.
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Bolton pick underscores Trump's foreign policy confusion
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/22/bolton-trump-foreign-policy-confusion-482168

“Trump says he wants a team that aligns with his views. How does the neocon of neocons — of the most aggressive and ruthless persuasion — align with a man who condemned our international overextension during his campaign?” asked Loren DeJonge Schulman, who served as a senior aide to former President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice.
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Bolton publicly considers first strike against North Korea as a rational option.

North Korea hawk Bolton's appointment as White House adviser fans worries in Asia
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-hawk-boltons-appointment-as-white-house-adviser-fans-worries-in-asia/ar-BBKAxM2

"If Bolton take office and talks with North Korea go haywire and yield bad results, I don't know what we'll do then," said Kim Hack-yong, conservative lawmaker and head of the national defence committee of South Korea's parliament.

"It might be great if Kim Jong Un comes to talks with a free spirit but any turns in a negative direction could mean all our work over the years to engage North Korea could turn to dust."

Bolton, in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal last month, concluded it was "perfectly legitimate for the United States to respond to the current 'necessity' posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons by striking first".
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He wants to tank the Iran deal, linking Iran to North Korea.

Beyond the Iran Nuclear Deal:US policy should be to end the Islamic Republic before its 40th anniversary.

https://www.aei.org/publication/beyond-the-iran-nuclear-deal/


And Pompeo as Secretary of state means one more hawk in the mix.  How long will Kelly Last?  
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RE: The Serious Foreign Policy Thread - Dill - 03-23-2018, 12:45 AM

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