I think he's more like a fake policy creation like if you want to write a take so bad that it could hurt your career you just write it as "John Bolton", like how directors used the name "Alan Smithee" for movies they didn't want their names attached to.
Israeli delegates to the UN once joked that "There are five of our delegates at the UN, we four and John Bolton". Besides being the "war with Iran" guy he's also the most staunch Zionist amongst the lanyards.
I hate to admit it, but John Bolton might be a better anti-imperialist than you or I. Guy is desperate to see the US military get it's teeth kicked out in Iran.