The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
And this despite Bolton’s critique of administration policy. Trump is proud of the diplomatic pressure campaign he thinks forced Kim to invite him to a nuclear summit. Bolton thinks it’s a failure.
“It is past time for Washington to bury this ineffective ‘carrots and sticks’ approach,” Bolton wrote in August in a Wall Street Journal op-ed calling for pre-emptive military strikes.
Many in Washington fear that Trump’s all-or-nothing bid to resolve the North Korean stand-off in early one-on-one talks with Kim will fail and leave all diplomatic options exhausted.
If this comes to pass, then with Bolton at his side Trump is more likely to resort to military action that might spiral into a war that could kill millions and harm US allies Japan and South Korea.
And, as for Iran, many saw the sacking of Tillerson as the death knell for a deal still fiercely defended by Washington’s European allies as the best way to prevent Tehran from getting the bomb.
But with Pompeo set to replace him and Bolton on his way to the White House, the accord’s coffin may well have been nailed shut.
