Brent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroftis a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General. He was the United States National Security Advisor under U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He served as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005 and assisted President Barack Obama...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth19 March 1925
CountryUnited States of America
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The policy of detente with the Soviet Union, which was begun by President Nixon in 1972, was broadly seen by 1975 in bad shape, if not in tatters. In other words, were able to take advantage of the relaxed atmosphere to pursue the same goals they had.
Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression.
So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature.
You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.
Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.
The Iraqi elections were an important first step.
Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all.
An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.
The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11.
Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.