diplomats and military commanders for change
following the british and an american effort, another group of retired ambassadors and military officers have picked up the pen in an effort to effect “regime change” here in america.
the group is not technically backing kerry, but this is on the record:
Former Officials to Criticize Bush Foreign Policy [reuters, june 13, 2004]Harrop said the group was not aligned with Bush’s Democratic challenger in the November election, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. “But we want an alternative and that’s the alternative,” Harrop said.
the official release is wednesday at the national press club –
Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change to Hold Press Conference June 16 in Washington [us newswire, june 7, 2004]The topic will be “The Need for Change in U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy.”
The group includes former ambassadors Jeffrey Davidow, William DePree, Charles Freeman Jr., William Harrop, Arthur Hartman, H. Allen Holmes, Samuel Lewis, Princeton Lyman, Jack Matlock Jr., Donald McHenry, Richard Murphy, David Newsom, Phyllis Oakley, John Reinhardt, Ronald Spiers, Nicholas Veliotes and Alexander Watson; and Adm. William Crowe, Gen. Joseph Hoar and Adm. Stansfield Turner.
links are mine, since you probably don’t know these people that well… i’ll try to come back and fill in the blanks later…