Can the Bush administration put Bolton`s brutal ways behind it?

Can the Bush administration put Bolton`s brutal ways behind it?
Bolton`s hurtful war assertion that it is morally acceptable to kill Lebanese civilians
Source: Daily Star, 23-3-2007
John Bolton, the rogue diplomat whose 17-month stint as acting ambassador to the United Nations was never approved by the US Senate, has finally admitted what everyone in Lebanon knows he did last summer: While acting on behalf of the American people, he prevented a cease-fire in the war between Lebanon and "Israel". Moreover, Bolton shamelessly stated on Thursday that he was "damned proud of what we did."
What Bolton has confessed comes as no surprise to the Lebanese, who remember his hurtful assertion during the war that it is morally acceptable to kill Lebanese civilians, but not Israelis. However, there is little point in recounting Bolton`s harmful past. What is relevant to the present day is what Bolton represents about the Bush administration: unilateral, hard-line, arrogant brutality. The question now is whether this administration, which still has two years left at the helm, will continue to behave in a Boltonesque way.
Do the members of the Bush administration realize that Israelis are no safer as a result of the summer war? Their abducted soldiers are still in captivity, Hizbullah`s military capabilities remain intact, Israel`s image has been horribly damaged and the war`s backlash has undermined the Western-friendly government in Beirut. Does the Bush administration understand that America`s adventure in Iraq has created more problems than it has solved? The war has spawned terrorist groups, sectarian conflict and a battered country that is a recruiting center for jihadis worldwide.
The question now is whether the Bush administration will atone for its warmongering sins by waging peace. The Bush team currently has a historic opportunity to do so at hand. The Arab League, through its peace initiative, is offering Israel what it has always wanted but has never been able to achieve through violence: a secure homeland in the Middle East. The Arab world is offering America what it so badly craves: boosted credibility in this region and, as a result, enhanced security at home. Seizing this opportunity and achieving peace - not war - would be something to be "damned proud of."