The rise again of the neocons

There is a terrible rumour doing the rounds in Washington that the archbishop of neocons, the heavily moustachioed John Bolton, former wildman US ambassador to the United Nations COULD become the next national security adviser if Lieutenant-General HR McMaster gets fired, as expected. God help us. He is a true blue radical conservative who sat nice and easy with the likes of Dick Cheney in the George W administration. He is the great intervenionist and would like the US military to be sent hither and thither to get rid of nasty regimes. If he is appointed, there will be three of America's most powerful people determined to scrap the Iran nuclear deal: Trump, Mike Pompeo soon to be at State, and Bolton. They all hate the nuclear deal negotiated under the Obama administration. Bolton says what he thinks and will bend Trump's ear to do all kinds of things even the president might not want to do. Iran will be top of Bolton's hitlist. And of course, Bolton would be in the key job to tell Trump what to say to Kim Jong-un. It won't be pleasant!! When Trump was elected and was musing about who to appoint to the top jobs, John Bolton's name came up then. Trump indicated he thought Bolton was someone he should have around him. But then he announced his cabinet and there was no Bolton. Phew, that was a relief! But Trump must have had Bolton in hs mind all along and was just waiting for his moment. McMaster has done his best to advise and contain but I should imagine he can't wait to get back into the military. He is still an active service officer, and Jim Mattis at the Pentagon will find him a good job I'm sure. But replacing McMaster for Bolton is like changing your pet dog from a retriever or labrador to a rottweiler or pitbull terrier. My God, America's foreign policy is going to turn sharp right. Only General John Kelly will be left to try and calm things down. But the White House chief of staff is probably for the sack as well, judging by Trump's present mood. All I can say is, I hope the rumours about Bolton are untrue, but somehow I doubt it.