he knows that's not a serious argument; what he actually wants is to use airstrikes to provoke iran to attack US targets in the region, stoke outrage in the US at all the dead americans, and go for a full-bore ground invasion (hence his hinting at "regime change").

as the plot of a cynical and homicidal maniac, it might actually work. kind of a "mass-murder by proxy" thing. hence, why i think of bolton's psychology in terms of tim mcveigh or other such figures, since, in a sense, that's his plan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2839178&forum_id=2#27560592)