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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

He deserves to have his intestines nailed to a tree then be forced to run around the tree until he collapses and dies.

More than 2,000,000 dead civilians in Iraq alone because of his lies and bullshit. That's just Iraq btw. One of at least 7 countries we've bombed in the last 25 years.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminds me of a George Carlin transition: "...and another group of people I'd love to drag into the woods and disembowel with a wooden cooking spoon..."

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

"Which brings me to one of my favorite pastimes: complaining! Here's another group that should be duct taped into a porta potty and set on fire..."

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sucks to suck.

You can't cast John Bolton as a sympathetic character until he actually says or does something useful to take down the regime.

Currently, I feel exactly as sad for his situation as do for Rudy Giuliani's.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bolton is extremely critical of Little t, quite vocally so. Even the dek in this article doesn't mince words:

Trump’s former national security adviser is a very hateable figure. But he still needs defending from the president’s lawlessness.

Careful not to fall into the trap of black/white thinking. Bolton can be a snake and unfairly targeted for retribution by the highest office in the land at the same time.

Currently, I feel exactly as sad for his situation as do for Rudy Giuliani's.

Rudy isn't critical at all. Last I heard from him, he was still all in. If I were to measure my sadness by comparison, I am far less sad for Rudy.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I'm gonna need Bolton to deliver actionable information that will bring down the regime.

There's no black and white thinking here; the regime is acting above the law, including their treatment of Bolton.

But if you're gonna get stabbed in the back, fucking produce something useful.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

He kind of does, just not for being mean to Trump.

Bolton has always been a grade-A fuckwad, it's why Bush hired him and why Trump hired him.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Like hell he doesn't. He deserves exactly this and more for enabling fascism.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 11 points 1 month ago

Gee, if only this could have been prevented! Perhaps by telling what was going on when you were an active employee of the first of the administration, rather than keeping silent in order to reap sweet, sweet book deal money?

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Oh no, my bed! I'm lying in it, send help! - John Bolton, probably

[–] the_wise_wolf@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago
[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

This shit stain said Harris would be no better than Trump....

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

This is exactly what John Bolton deserves. Fascists don't get to complain about fascism.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

He deserves to be put on criminal trial.

Just like Donald Trump does.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

Orange supporters... Fool us once, fool us twice.. Fool us again. Fool us again, fool us again....fool us again....

Hey look at the new friends Orange has! Surely these will stick around and never get double crossed!

Fool us again!

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here's the thing: I obviously would not go out of my way to directly harm John Bolton. But he helped create this fascist system, and if it were currently ruining my life he wouldn't help or even give a shit about me in the slightest. So fuck him. He shit in his own bed, now he can sleep in it.

[–] Azal@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

A southern term I grew up hearing and will use "I wouldn't cross the street to piss on him if he was on fire."