When Donald Trump hired John Bolton to be his national security adviser, he reportedly joked that the mustachioed hawk was "going to get us into a war". It is easy to see why. When serving under George W. Bush, Mr Bolton embellished intelligence on Cuban and Syrian weapons and lobbied hard for the invasion of Iraq. After leaving government he argued that America should bomb Iran to set back its nuclear programme. Now he is back in government, and on the warpath.
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机译:据报道,当唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)聘请约翰·博尔顿(John Bolton)担任他的国家安全顾问时,他开玩笑说,那只大胡子的鹰“正要把我们卷入战争”。不难理解原因。在乔治·W·布什(George W. Bush)任职期间,博尔顿(Bolton)先生装饰了有关古巴和叙利亚武器的情报,并为游击伊拉克进行了游说。离开政府后,他认为美国应该轰炸伊朗以挫败其核计划。现在,他重返政府,处于战场上。
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