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
Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
I think a different first strike by the United States might have stopped what is going on now, but I think he may be getting the word,
I think privately a lot of people are cheering it who are not allowed to do so publicly.
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.
His reaction was: 'Why would we want to be defended by you?'
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Only very gradually did we understand that we - like any other country - have clearly defined national interests.
(Saddam) took the first strike, that is against the radar sites in the south, as a sign that we really didn't have much stomach for this, and that he could get away and take advantage of it and maybe split the coalition further. So, he starts to fire off some missiles,
compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein had acquired nuclear-weapons capability.
A number of presidents since Nixon have come to office with negative views of the Chinese. They always end up supporting the thrust of the policy established by President Nixon.
The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
I'm afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem.