Bolton Calls for War, Media Calls It 'Analysis'
According to The Hill, John Bolton recently declared that Trump 'put the gun on the table' with Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. This, apparently, is a commendable foreign policy strategy, not thinly veiled warmongering. The Hill politely platforms Bolton's perspective, without dwelling on his illustrious track record predicting WMDs in Iraq or advocating for bombing Iran, both of which proved... less
than accurate. (For reference, just consult literally any news archive from 2002-2007, or Bolton's own memoirs for his 'deeply held convictions'). One might wonder when Bolton's 'diplomatic' approach, consistently favoring military force over actual diplomacy, has *ever* yielded a stable, democratic outcome. Or perhaps The Hill assumes its readers don't remember the last time a mustachioed
ideologue pushed for regime change in the name of 'freedom.' It appears some lessons are simply too inconvenient for the mainstream media to recall when the next lucrative talking head appears.