John Bolton is out, but neocon agenda stays — Aaron Maté

Wilkerson believes Bolton was sacked for “political purposes.” President Donald Trump, Wilkerson says was “doesn’t want people competing with him, and Bolton was competing with him big time.”

My thoughts exactly. When the new started to be about John Bolton rather than Donald Trump it was just a matter of time. If John Bolton had half a brain in his head, he would have realized that. Instead, he thought he was winning.

Of course, that's not the only reason, but it was stepping over the line.

The Grayzone
John Bolton is out, but neocon agenda stays

Aaron Maté

See also

Fort Russ News
MAJOR: The REAL Reason Behind Bolton’s Dismissal Revealed (VIDEO)

Drago Bosnic

Michael Crowley — Sanders reaches out for foreign-policy help

Lawrence J. Korb, a defense policy expert at the Center for American Progress, told POLITICO that Sanders called him Sunday to ask whether the Vermont senator can name him as an adviser to his campaign. Korb agreed.…

Sources said the Sanders campaign has also hired Bill French, a policy analyst at the left-leaning National Security Network, as a foreign policy staffer—apparently the campaign's first full-time aide in that area. French referred questions to the Sanders campaign, which did not respond to a query. His hiring was first reported today by Foreign Policy. Korb spoke highly of French, noting that French had once interned for him.…

And in what may be a sign of the challenge Sanders has faced in finding Democratic experts unaligned with — or willing to alienate — Hillary Clinton, he has reached out to at least one former member of George W. Bush’s administration.

Of course, it might also be the case that Bernie thinks Larry Wilkerson knows a thing or two.

Unfortunately, Sanders has walked back his quote of 40 years ago about abolishing the CIA.

Politico
Sanders reaches out for foreign-policy help
Michael Crowley

See also:

Korb confirms that Sanders is a foreign policy realist.

Lawrence Korb, Bernie Sanders Is More Serious on Foreign Policy Than You Think

Jeb Bush's Entourage Filled with Neocons — Jessica Desvarieux interviews Lawrence Wilkerson

Video and transcript

WILKERSON: I think you'll recall that I was recently in New Hampshire and looking over the 19 candidates that had paid their $1000 in that state to commence the primary process. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush and so forth. As I looked over that cast of characters, I thought the only viable one really was Jeb Bush. Well just recently, as you probably are aware, he's made some statements that make me question my own judgment in that regard.

Those statements were something like, if he had the Iraq war to do over again, that is the 2003 war, the one his brother did, he would do it exactly the way his brother did it. And furthermore, his brother was his principal advisor on the Middle East. I attribute these kind of statements, though perhaps not quite as egregious, to the same kind of actions John McCain perpetrated when he picked Sarah Palin to be his vice president. After that, no one really took John McCain that seriously, certainly enough Americans to put him in the White House didn't take him seriously. Or, for that matter, Mitt Romney's overheard comment, and thus publicized comment about the percentage of Americans who basically were worthless.

These kinds of things ruin a person's potential even before they get started. I attribute Jeb's statements to the neoconservatives he has arrayed around him. They are as prolific around him now as they were around his brother, George W. Bush, and they are just as contaminative. They're just as dangerous. They're just as Luddite and stupid, in my views. Because their interests are not the interests of this country.

So whereas a week ago I would have said Jeb Bush gives me some hope for my political party, and I might even vote for him, I'm thinking now after statements like he just made, I wouldn't vote for him if he were the last candidate on earth.

The Real News Network
Jeb Bush's Entourage Filled with Neocons

Jessica Desvarieux interviews Lawrence Wilkerson

Also

AlterNet
Jeb Bush Isn't a Moderate -- He's a Neocon Extremist

Tom Hartmann