John Bolton is a sniveling little coward

[BurtWorm]

Glenn Greenwald explains why (in case it isn't obvious!):



http://feeds.salon.com/~r/salon/greenwald/~3/yYfL00DzV78/index.html



John Bolton is the prototypical right-wing pseudo-tough-guy: cheering on every war he can find without ever getting near any of them. And as usual for this strain of play-acting, chest-beating warrior, all of the belligerence and craving of vicarious power masks a deep and pitiful cowardice. That is often the principal purpose of warmongering from a distance. Yesterday, Bolton -- on "Washington Times Radio" -- revealed that he is so petrified of Terrorists that he would not feel safe in New York City during the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and would not even allow his family there (audio here):

Host Melanie Morgan: Given the nature and danger of bringing these terrorists to American soil, where do you think is the most safe place to be when they get here and this trial begins? Where would you put your family?

John Bolton:Well, not New York City, I'm afraid to say. This is part of the callousness and the really, lack of professionalism and judgment to put them on trial anywhere in the United States in civilian courts.

The cowardice on display here is difficult to overstate -- and to behold without being ill. I lived in Manhattan on 9/11 and for many years thereafter. For weeks -- even months and years after that attack -- it was widely assumed that New York would be a likely target for another attack, but I never heard a single New Yorker -- not one -- talk about fleeing the city or hiding their family in some faraway place. During the 2004 election, New Yorkers voted for the candidate who wanted to treat Terrorism like a law enforcement problem over the pseudo-tough-guy "war president" by a margin of 80-20. The fears engulfing Bolton and which he's attempting to infect the country with are found almost exclusively among this species of war-mongers obsessed with flamboyant -- and very public -- rituals where they proclaim their own "strength" and "courage."

John Bolton and his comrades love to run around accusing anyone who doesn't want to wage more wars of being an "appeaser" and "surrendering" to Terrorists, but Bolton's cry here is the ultimate, definitive surrender: I'm too scared of the Terrorists to go about my normal life. I'm too petrified even to have my family in the same city as a terrorist trial. We can't adhere to our normal political system because the Terrorists will kill us all. Given Bolton's comments, this might be the most ironic and desperate book title in the history of publishing:



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[EFerrari]

1. You forgot "evil". n/t

[lpbk2713]

2. And I don't like his mustache either.

:rofl:

[bluestateguy]

3. "Mommy, Daddy Government! Keep me safe! Waaaaaaahhh!!"

"I'm scared of the big mean old terraist! Waaaaaahhhh!!!"

"Mommy! Daddy!!!!! Waaahhhh!!!"

[fascisthunter]

4. he's not only a coward, he's psychotic

[mitchum]

5. With that mustache, he looks like an assistant sniveling little coward

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

6. I believe the term is

"apparatchik". Alternates: "sycophant", "toady".

[tblue]

9. or a cartoon character

[arcadian]

7. He is one of the architects

Of the foreign policy mess we are in now. Sad little fuck, it will be a great day when he he is no longer on the planet.

[Me.]

8. In Fact

On the morning of the attack, when Rudy got on the tube and suggested everyone leave, we looked at each other and said we're not leaving our city. Subsequently they locked the city down and said no one could leave. And you're right NYers don't talk about being afraid. Jurors will show up for jury duty along with judges and court officers and the trials will go on.

[gratuitous]

10. Surrender may not be an option for Mr. Bolton

But running like a scared rabbit is always an arrow ready in his quiver. And I do mean "quiver."

[StarfarerBill]

11. Surrender for the likes of Bolton may not be an option...

...but thought in foreign policy is not even considered; profits uber alles, you know.

[FormerDittoHead]

12. Not even the Republicans would vote him in as UN Ambassador - WHY do people listen to him NOW?

Palin / Bolton 2012