Is John Bolton running for President?

this guy would have us in 20 wars...............from politico............

"John Bolton’s hasn’t decided whether he’ll get in to the presidential campaign, but he’s getting into the debate.

The former U.N. ambassador has launched a new group, Decide America, aimed at increasing the level of dialogue about national security, with a special eye on the 2012 elections.

Bolton is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he keeps his office, but has not staffed up for a presidential run, though he said he has spoken with fundraisers, pollsters and political consultants in early states.

And Fox News doesn’t seem to think he’s running — though the network dropped Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum from their contracts once their presidential campaigns began to take shape, Bolton, like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is still on the payroll as a contributor.

Bolton wasn’t available for an interview — he’s been traveling overseas for more than a week. He’s been traveling often, most recently to Jerusalem with a group of prominent international political figures, led by former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as part of the “Friends of Israel Initiative,” an effort to fight the Palestinian bid for UN recognition.

While there, Bolton told the Jerusalem Post that Obama is “the most anti-Israel president in the history of the state.”

Bolton also offered a characteristically hawkish view of the Obama administration’s policies in the Middle East when he testified before the House Foreign Affairs committee on Iran and Syria, saying that the administration views Israel with “disdain.”

“If this is how the United States now treats close friends, how will it treat mere allies of convenience when convenience disappears?” he asked"............READ MORE