The Guardian | Jamiles Lartey: Fifteen years ago to the week, the US began its invasion and occupation of Iraq. Among the wars many architects and cheerleaders was John Bolton, at the time a senior adviser to George W Bush on issues of arms control and international security. And while many early invasion supporters have, in the clear view of hindsight, conceded that the decade-plus long odyssey was at least misguided, Bolton hasreached no such conclusion.
Even in the war-happy neoconservative Bush administration, Bolton stood out - a hawk among hawks - and his post-Bush career as a public commentator certainly didnt see those leanings tempered. He has advocated, to various degrees, pre-emptive strikes and wars againstNorth Koreaand Iran, and overall an aggressive military interventionist programme around the world, coupled with staunch anti-immigration rhetoric.