John Bolton: "I am not a neoconservative. I am pro-American."

[sabra]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,523991,00.html

SPIEGEL: Could it be that your pique really comes from the fact that the president doesn't seem to be listening to neoconservatives like you anymore?

Bolton: The vice president (Vice President Dick Cheney) is still there. But the idea that somehow the neocons were so powerful is a myth -- I mean, it was five or six people, for God sakes. I am not a neoconservative. I am pro-American.

...

SPIEGEL: What kind of foreign policy will the next president pursue?

Bolton: If you get a President (Hillary) Clinton, you might well find, just as after Vietnam, that there is a retraction from Iraq and of American influence in the world. And in a couple of years the Europeans will be complaining about that too. See how long American troops last in Europe under an administration that thinks it is time for America to come home.

SPIEGEL: Is that a threat?

Bolton: No. The European Union can now act like a major power, at least that is what the European Union tells us. So they should do so -- they can experiment with Russia.

[bunkerbuster1]

1. SUCCESS!

We, the Dirty Fucking Hippies of the Internets, have made "Neocon" an official DIRTY WORD!

[madokie]

3. NeoCON's

I love it, what you said

[undeterred]

2. He isn't sure what it means.

[gratuitous]

4. Would someone please . . .

Would someone please lock up this demented man? He is a danger to himself and others.

[marmar]

5. He's not a NeoCon...but he's worried about American dominance in the world....

.... this man takes the word "asshole" to dizzying new heights.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. And why the hell didn't the interviewer reply, " Well John, does that mean you're no longer

associated with AEI, JINSA, and PNAC? What's happened to change your views?"

[Bonhomme Richard]

7. "I mean, it was five or six people, for God sakes" What he really..

wanted to say was..."I mean, it was five or six people, for God sakes. The rest of us are just batshit crazy.

[NI4NI]

8. Now who's running away from political labels

I'm not a conservative, I'm a Libertarian!

I'm not a neo-con, I'm Pro-American!

Conservative isn't so much a fashionable word these days.

The word Liberal got trashed and attacked and distorted by right wing lies and smears. Conservatives screwed up their reputation and "values" all by themselves without any help from the left.

Bolton is right about one important thing
NEO-CONS ARE NOT PRO-AMERICAN!

[donsu]

9. so he is saying the neo cons are anti america

well we knew that long ago

and Bolton is just peeved he can't sell his own brand of neo conism

[Lex]

10. Exactly correct.

You beat me to it!

[AzDar]

11. Why, oh why... is this failed, soulless warmonger even being given a forum to be heard?

Shouldn't he be off on his REAL mission anyway...
Chasin' down rootin' tootin' varmints?:puke:

[ToeBot]

12. Rabid Nationalism masquerading as Americanism. Only in this twisted fuck's mind. nt

[bdamomma]

13. he really expects the public to buy that BS he said.

these thugs are so so sick.

[Orsino]

14. He's just another neocon...

...a willing tool of the powerful.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Who Still Cares What He Thinks?

He's been wrong about everything. What's Spiegel doing interviewing this thug?
The Professor

[undeterred]

16. Ok, now lets here Bill Kristol say it, on his knees please

[Johonny]

17. pro-American

I think the term means the same as pro athlete. Hence he's a professional American. Or to put it another way his services as an American can be purchased by the highest bidder. If you don't like what John Bolton thinks just slip him some more money to change his mind.