All that be said, one must ask at this point, why did John Bolton wait? America could have used this testimony sir during the impeachment trial of 45. Bolton allowed subordinates in the defense department to put their careers on the line to do the right thing and testify against the serial criminal. It was incumbent on Bolton, if he is the patriot that he proclaims, to have been at the head of that list of witnesses. He failed his country in this regard. And worst of all, he balked it in order to make money on book sales. Shame on you.
A lot of Republicans share blame for enabling this monster to continue his criminal spree. Time and again, citizens have seen GOP member after member make excuses for this con-artist. Why do they do it? I do not know. I think most Americans reward courage and would respect a congressional leader who is willing to buck his party in favor of doing the right thing. John Kennedy wrote an entire book on this matter - Profiles in Courage. During this mess of an administration, we have seen little evidence of that - Mitt Romney being the exception.
I guess at this point, we expect our congressional and administrative leaders to be cowards and scoundrels, but it would be nice, just once, to see some of these people step up in a big moment and be guided by their principals to do the right thing. Don't hold your breath.
