Newsweek Discovers John Bolton's Indictment Is, Well, News
In what appears to be an editorial oversight, Newsweek's 'Five Key Takeaways' on John Bolton's past indictment refers to a 2018 story by the same outlet. It seems they rediscovered old headlines about a man whose career has been a testament to endless war. Bolton, a consistent proponent of regime change from Iraq to Iran, made his bones by advocating for 'preemptive' strikes and dismantling
international agreements—a foreign policy vision that aligned perfectly with think tanks funded by defense contractors, (source: The Nation, 2018, 'John Bolton, Master of Disaster' ). One might wonder if the 'indictment' Newsweek is referring to is finally for war crimes (sadly, no, it was for unauthorized publication of classified information back in 2020 which was dropped - Newsweek seems a bit
confused here), or perhaps for his role in advising administrations that destabilized entire regions. But no, it's just a digital rerun. How many decades must pass before the architects of perpetual war are actually held accountable, rather than just written about in re-published 'takeaways'?