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<blockquote data-quote="El Correcto" data-source="post: 3431236" data-attributes="member: 60631"><a href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/politics/john-bolton-national-security-adv.html?referer=https://www.google.com/" target="_blank">3 Examples of John Bolton’s Longtime Hard-Line Views</a>In 2003, when he was an under secretary in the State Department under President George W. Bush, Mr. Bolton criticized North Korea’s leader at the time, Kim Jong-il, as a “tyrannical dictator” over a country where “life is a hellish nightmare.”His brash comments complicated the Bush administration’s dealings with North Korea, which fired back with its own criticism of Mr. Bolton, calling him “a human scum and bloodsucker.” That same year, Mr. Bolton said that after the Iraq war, which he also advocated, the United States would go after Iran, Syria and North Korea.In an interview with The New York Times in 2002, Mr. Bolton was asked about the Bush administration’s stance on North Korea. He grabbed a nearby book and placed it on the table. The title: “The End of North Korea.”“That,” he said, “is our policy.”Damn Bolton is the guy we need in there with negotiations coming up. Someone who despises North Korea’s “government” and wants to take them out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Correcto, post: 3431236, member: 60631"] [URL="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/politics/john-bolton-national-security-adv.html?referer=https://www.google.com/"]3 Examples of John Bolton’s Longtime Hard-Line Views[/URL] In 2003, when he was an under secretary in the State Department under President George W. Bush, Mr. Bolton criticized North Korea’s leader at the time, Kim Jong-il, as a “tyrannical dictator” over a country where “life is a hellish nightmare.” His brash comments complicated the Bush administration’s dealings with North Korea, which fired back with its own criticism of Mr. Bolton, calling him “a human scum and bloodsucker.” That same year, Mr. Bolton said that after the Iraq war, which he also advocated, the United States would go after Iran, Syria and North Korea. In an interview with The New York Times in 2002, Mr. Bolton was asked about the Bush administration’s stance on North Korea. He grabbed a nearby book and placed it on the table. The title: “The End of North Korea.” “That,” he said, “is our policy.” Damn Bolton is the guy we need in there with negotiations coming up. Someone who despises North Korea’s “government” and wants to take them out. [/QUOTE]

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