“He’s very clear that there should be regime change in Iran and North Korea, and military force should be used to achieve those goals,” Mr. McFaul said. Mr. Bolton has come to the opposite conclusion. Over the past three years, Mr. Bolton has advocated bombing Iran, attacking North Korea, and carving a new state out of Iraq and Syria. “He looks for splits,” Mr. Burns said of Mr. Putin. Mr. Bolton, by contrast, has ranked among Mr. Putin’s harshest critics.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2018 16:11 UTC