Quote (Goomshill @ Mar 22 2018 06:46pm)
Well, the skeptical assessment is that Trump is indeed positioning himself for a hardline on the DPRK to strengthen his negotiating hand going into talks. That's what foreign policy analysts have been saying, but to me there's an element of them hoping. The doomsaying view is that Trump has decided to flip to be a warmonger now and both his supporters and opponents are in an uproar saying Trump is gonna start a new Iraq/Afghanistan tomorrow.
I get kind of a chortle every time T_D blows up because they lack faith in their god emperor. The last umpteen times, like 'bannon is out, the globalists win', how did it turn out?
Which foreign policy analysts are those?
Trump already had a NSA who was a hawk on the North Korea issue... I'm not sure how adding an old W Bush hand strengthens their position in negotiations.
Trump doesn't want to start a war... he's just going to make decisions now which make conflict inevitable for the next couple administrations, Iran being the most obvious example.
I know Trump doesn't actually have a solid foreign policy vision, but this pick is perplexing on so many levels. Nobody wants John Bolton advising the president on national security. Well, nobody except the neo-cons who didn't even vote for Trump.
This post was edited by IceMage on Mar 22 2018 06:12pm