There have been psychos like John Bolton around in politics for centuries. But such people do not rise to the top, unless the entire political system is so completely rotten, and the ideology that underpins governance so absolutely debased, that there is no one who can resist the ideologue. Bolton is like a maggot at home in a rotting carcass. Or perhaps he is Shiva the Destroyer, appointed to do his duty and tear down the whole thing.
