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CMV John Bolton is NOT a Patriot!

CMV: I believe that if John Bolton (and the others that have refused to appear) truly held the ideals of honesty and integrity and doing what is best for the country then they would appear and tell the truth to the Congressional committee.
A Patriot would put telling the truth for the best interest of the country above protecting the interest of an individual.

I was just reading an article about the expected court ruling on Monday whether Congress subpoenas have to be followed.
In this article it mentioned that John Bolton is watching this ruling to see if he should testify to Congress about what he knows.
It struck me that he is hiding behind the ruling of the judge.  To me this is not the actions of a Patriot. A Patriot would speak out and let the chips fall where they may.

(Edit for spelling of chips :)

Update 11/25:

I was very close to being swayed by Abstractig_You with his presentation that Bolton's belief in that supporting/protecting Trump would be in the interest of the country would make his actions patriotic.  Such as a loyal Russian's action would be patriotic to Russia.

However, several aspects kept my view interact, and have actually strengthened it.

What defines this country?
What is patriotism?
Are good intentions sufficient to be patriotic?

There are many ways to define the country.  One aspect sticks out, especially for government officials, and that is upholding the Constitution and laws of the country.

Bolton described the Ukraine situation as a drug deal.  This shows he saw illegal aspects to it.

Congress is an equal and separate branch of the government as said out in the Constitution.  It is congresses duty and responsibility to investigate and determine if there was wrong doing.

By refusing to testify Bolton is undermining the duty of Congress by his belief he should protect Trump.

This is putting the interest of an individual about the interest of the Constitution.
Patriotism is putting the country above a party or an individual.  Bolton is not doing this.

It does not matter if he feels his goals are ultimately in the interest of the country, he is not putting the country first. 
It does not matter if he thinks that Biden did something wrong as the justification for Trump to do something wrong.  
2 wrongs do not make it right.

Good intentions are not a justification to not put the country above a party or an individual.  

So in the end I still hold the view that John Bolton is not a Patriot.
gpt
What is the definition of a ***patriot*** in your mind?

John Bolton and many of the people Trump has surrounded himself with are neorealists. To them, they *are* working towards the best interests of the nation. Trump getting into power has been the biggest boon for that camp since he is pretty much giving them carte blanche to implement realist policy on a national level, something Obama eschewed for most of his tenure. 

If you are finally able to make the policy changes required to keep America safe and prosperous (their point of view, not mine), why would you flip on Trump and get him impeached? With Pence in office, it would not be as easy to get their policies approved.