Beware ‘Sunni-Stan’ | Ramzy Baroud

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Neocons are Back and Their ‘Vision’ is Darker than Ever

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

Dec. 23, 2015

John Bolton is a tarnished character. The once United States Ambassador to the United Nations is now promoted as a "scholar" in the pro-Israel lobby group, the American Enterprise Institute.

Bolton is not a peacemaker, nor, in his defense, did he ever try to appear as if one. When he was appointed as the U.S. Ambassador to the UN by George W. Bush, his stint lasted for only one year, starting August 2005. His time in this position was marked with discord and conflict. He stole the limelight with such statements as "The (UN) Secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If it lost ten stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.”

When the Iraq war failed to achieve any of its objectives, thus signaling an American retreat in the Middle East, neo-conservative politicians like Bolton retreated to their right-wing, neo-conservative institutions. Those who did not have one, established an organization of their own and began issuing press releases at random, hailing Israel at times, and chastising their President, Barack Obama, for one thing or another.

When the so-called "Arab Spring" took place, neocons, like Bolton, saw in it an opportunity, but one that was difficult to discern. On one hand, they understood little of the mechanisms that propelled popular actions, for they are used to operate at the highest level of power with total disconnect from the people. On the other hand, it was clear for them from the start that Obama was taking no chances by stepping back into a Middle East quagmire that was originally designed by his predecessor.

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