. 11) ‘The Kissinger model’: Trump set to expand Pompeo’s powers to fill Bolton’s shoes, say reports . 12) Republicans and Democrats denounce Trump’s shock Taliban talks revelation (War Party Upset?) ..…

Yes, he lost face (and John Bolton lost his job) over the botched and probably sabotaged Afghanistan withdrawal . . Any withdrawl from Afghanistan without defeating the Taliban would be victory for the Taliban. ..…

The Bolton analogy, which may have been deliberate attempt to sabotage any rapprochement, made impossible any agreement between Kim and Trump as Kim received the message loud and clear that he might suffer the same fate.More recently, Bolton might have been behind media leaks that scuttled Trump’s..…

That includes the intrepid Taliban — horrible people no doubt, but much less threatening to me or you than Donald Trump, Bolton or Pompeo. . ..…

Trump was unhappy with Bolton because of his approach to North Korea and Afghanistan. Trump wants a deal with both North Korea and the Taliban. But Bolton was opposed to such deals. ..…

John Bolton, President Donald Trump's fired adviser, criticized Trump's on Wednesday at lunch, saying that inviting Taliban to Camp David sent a terrible signal and that it was disrespectful to the victims of 11 because Taliban had harbored Qaeda.. ... John Bolton,..…

Most recently, Bolton, opposed any attempt to negotiate peace with Taliban, the only near-term hope for extracting US troops from endless, failed Afghanistan. ..…

post-Mueller media narrative is weariness and exhaustion with President Trump's tweets, his cul de Sharpie controversy, his ideas about buying Greenland, his unorthodox policy that resulted in plan to talk to Taliban leaders in United States, and his firing of John Bolton. ..…

post-Mueller media narrative is weariness and exhaustion with President Trump's tweets, his cul de Sharpie controversy, his ideas about buying Greenland, his unorthodox policy that resulted in plan to talk to Taliban leaders in United States, and his firing of John Bolton. ..…

By his own removal from his position it throws light on the way political skirmishes continue to define the While the decision to cancel the talks signifies victory for Bolton & Co.. As it stands, Taliban sent delegation to Russia to seek ' Russian help in bringing the US back to the..…

Then finally, he was also perceived to be near the center of blame for the breakdown of talks with the Taliban, something which may have been the tipping point for his departure. . ... Bolton, like many other neocons, was in every instance, opposed to diplomacy and reconciliation and in..…

By firing the security advisor, the president announced the suspension of talks with Taliban on Sunday, he held Bolton accountable.. ..…

According to the Washington Post, “Bolton was seen by some in the administration as the source of a media report that Vice President Pence and he were allies in opposing a peace deal with the Taliban, negotiated by [Mike] Pompeo’s State Department.” According to NBC, “The president was..…

'Bolton was correct about the Taliban; State wasn’t. Bolton has been a hawkish voice for a tough national security policy, and his ouster likely signals that Trump’s approach will be significantly softer from this point forward.' . ... Bolton was correct about the..…

By disagreements between him and, he declined to answer when he was asked whether Bolton's departure was prompted Trump over Taliban peace talks.. ..…

The last straw may have been differences over President Trump's decision to invite Taliban to Camp David to conclude agreement leading to the withdrawal of U.S troops from Afghanistan. Bolton disagreed with President Trump's initiative to open peace talks with Taliban, let alone..…

President Trump has used Twitter to once again up-end his team, this time by firing his National Security Adviser John Bolton, apparently in response to disagreements over this week's aborted meeting with Taliban at Camp David. ... Bolton's from the Administration appears to be..…

Trump denied reports that Vice President Mike Pence and former-National Security Adviser John Bolton, who was fired on Tuesday, strongly opposed his initial decision to hold meetings with Taliban leaders at Camp David, Maryland. .   .   .   .   .   . . . . . . . Spokesman Ridicules..…

According to Politico, Ultimately, it was hearing media accounts about how Bolton had advised the president to scuttle meeting with Taliban leaders at Camp David that proved breaking point for Trump, according to sources in and out of the administration. ..…

Bolton, former US ambassador to United Nations and Fox News commentator, had opposed State Department plan to sign Afghan peace with Taliban insurgents, believing the group's leaders could not be trusted.. ... Sources familiar with his view said  Bolton believed United States..…

President Trump has finally fired his neocon national security adviser, John Bolton. . The decision to show Bolton the door came after Trump suggested a meeting between himself and the Taliban at Camp David.  . . . . . ….I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me..…

Trump and Bolton have disagreed over policy decisions about negotiations with Taliban and ending Afghanistan. Bolton has long been critic of Iran and he asked Pentagon last year to provide White House with options for military strikes against the country. ..…

Bolton has been sidelined during number of key policy and security initiatives, including peace negotiations with Taliban that Trump called off on Saturday. ..…

Some administration officials, including national security adviser John Bolton, did not back the agreement with the Taliban as it was written, a U.S. official familiar with the negotiations said. They didn't think the Taliban can be trusted. Bolton advised the president to..…

Most recently, Bolton had advised the president against meeting he had planned with Taliban at Camp David to complete negotiations to end Afghanistan. ..…

Over the weekend, the president announced a scuttled meeting with the Taliban at Camp David, which would have been an historic, stunning summit. Bolton was reportedly instrumental in quashing the meet. Still, there is a lot of time between now and next autumn, and the cancellation is likely..…

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reminded West that the destructive moves made by John Bolton and Benjamin Netanyahu killed the agreement of 2005. TEHRAN - Two-day peace talks, attended by Afghan delegates and Taliban representatives in Qatari of Doha, ended with..…

The last straw was the disagreement over Trump's plans to conduct negotiations between Taliban* and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at Camp David.. Republican Senator Rand Paul praised Trump's decision saying that Bolton's resignation made the threat of war with Iran or other adversaries..…

The US invaded Afghanistan October 2001 and overthrew Taliban at the time. John Bolton is trying to cover up US war crimes Afghanistan and Middle East, r James Petras says.. ..…

Bolton was leaking to the information about Camp David meeting with Taliban leaders that made President Trump look bad, CNN.. rift between Trump and Bolton had been growing for months, the leaking is what got him... ..…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) firmly dismisses a threat of sanctions against it by US National Security Adviser John Bolton. . The US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 and overthrew a Taliban regime in power at the time. ..…

Contrary to the president’s tweets, U.S. troops in Syria are now destined to remain there for at least months, if not years, according to Bolton. Meanwhile, Trump-promised troop withdrawals from Afghanistan may be delayed considerably in the (lost) cause of keeping the Taliban — clearly..…

Contrary to the president’s tweets, U.S. troops in Syria are now destined to remain there for at least months, if not years, according to Bolton. Meanwhile, Trump-promised troop withdrawals from Afghanistan may be delayed considerably in the (lost) cause of keeping the Taliban — clearly..…

Contrary to the president’s tweets, U.S. troops in Syria are now destined to remain there for at least months, if not years, according to Bolton. Meanwhile, Trump-promised troop withdrawals from Afghanistan may be delayed considerably in the (lost) cause of keeping the Taliban -- clearly..…

Contrary to the president’s tweets, U.S. troops in Syria are now destined to remain there for at least months, if not years, according to Bolton. Meanwhile, Trump-promised troop withdrawals from Afghanistan may be delayed considerably in the (lost) cause of keeping the Taliban — clearly..…

However, as observed by Alex Whiting of Harvard Law School, the ICC “has extremely limited investigative powers and is almost entirely dependent on cooperation by states to gather information”—and in the case of Afghanistan, “There will be no cooperation from the Afghan government, the..…

The proclamation stemmed from the possibility that ICC might investigate war crimes by United States military and coalition forces Afghanistan, and crimes committed by Afghan military and Taliban.. Bolton threatened to ban ICC's judges and prosecutors from entering United States, sanction..…

Trump was nominated because he promised to keep us out of stupid wars like those into which folks like John Bolton and the Bush Republicans plunged us. . . ... After 17 years, we are still mired in Afghanistan, trying to keep the Taliban we overthrew in 2001 from returning to Kabul. ..…