brent scowcroft on bush the younger
the elder republicans are stepping up, if slowly…
Ex-Security Adviser Rips Bush Diplomacy [ap via abc, oct 16, 2004]The national security adviser under the first President Bush says the current president acted contemptuously toward NATO and Europe after Sept. 11 and is trying to cooperate now out of desperation to “rescue a failing venture” in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Brent Scowcroft, a mentor to the current national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, also said in an interview published in England that Bush is inordinately influenced by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
the original article was published on october 14 in the financial times, but that’s locked up behind a registration process.