Draining the Neocon National Security Swamp? Don’t Count on It

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Now that things have gotten serious, it’s time for Donald Trump to kiss the ring.

Since clinching the Republican nomination, Trump’s true colors have started to emerge. He named a former Goldman Sachs partner to run his fundraising efforts, he named petty authoritarian, gangster wannabe Chris Christie to run his transition team, and he chose “everyone’s a terrorist” Rudy Giuliani as his planned head of the domestic gestapo, the Department of Homeland Security. He’s also been endorsed by Orc King Sheldon Adelson, who said he was prepared to spend $100 million to get him elected. Now he’s off to kiss the blood-soaked hands of Henry Kissinger.

– From the May 17, 2016 post: Donald Trump Will Meet War Criminal Henry Kissinger Tomorrow

Two names continue to be bandied about regarding Trump’s anticipated Secretary of State choice, neither of which are good. Those names are Rudy Giuliani and John Bolton. Rather than “draining the swamp,” this is more akin to me reliving either my 1990’s NYC childhood, or the post-9/11 neocon bonfire known as the George W. Bush administration.

For starters, John Bolton is about as reprehensible as you get, as Rand Paul so perfectly outlined in an Op-ed published earlier today over at Rare. Here’s some of what he wrote:

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