Brent Scowcroft, top foreign policy advisor to four GOP presidents, endorses Clinton

Los Angels Times ^ | 6/22/2016 | David Lauter

[usafa92]

Brent Scowcroft, the national security advisor to President George H.W. Bush and one of the leading figures of the Republican national security establishment, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president Wednesday.

The endorsement is the most high-profile indication yet of the depth of discomfort that Republican foreign policy figures feel about Donald Trump as their party's nominee.

The Clinton campaign sees doubts about Trump's ability to handle foreign policy as a major plus for their side. Endorsements by well-known Republican foreign policy figures could add to her advantage on that front.

"The presidency requires the judgment and knowledge to make tough calls under pressure," Scowcroft said in a statement in which he did not mention Trump's name. Clinton "has the wisdom and experience to lead our country at this critical time."

Scowcroft, 91, served in senior positions under Presidents Ford and Reagan, in addition to his post in the first President Bush's White House. He served as an informal advisor to President George W. Bush, although his public warnings against going to war in Iraq distanced him from the administration.

[usafa92]

As if we need another reason to remind us of the stench of the Bushies. That said, this jackass was against the war in Iraq, which coincidentally Trump was as well and Hillary voted for., yet he's endorsing Hillary. Is there no end to the stupidity of the people that were running our government?

[Imnidiot]

Clinton’s stolen FBI files are sure coming in handy.

[henkster]

Senility. It’s a sad thing.

[Williams]

This old idiot is a foreign policy expert and he doesn’t see Hillary already was a disaster as Secretary of State?

[Alberta's Child]

No surprise here. All the big-government globalists come crawling out from under their rocks to endorse a crooked Democrat.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I always thought he was a commie. I guess I was right.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

One of the elitist oligarchy. History will someday discuss how collectively damaging these people were to human freedom and self-determination.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Hey L.A. Times....when are you gonna release that tape of Obama?

[Batman11]

Wait Scowcroft is still alive? Who knew?

[BigEdLB]

Scocroft joining Will on the Bermuda triangle flight?

[tenthirteen]

feed him a can of beans and send him to bed. this guy was always a fourflusher.

[r_barton]

Follow the crooked money.

[BigEdLB]

On the good side Rumsfeld endorsed Trump on Greta today. He launched into a litany of how Hillary damaged national security by use of her private server.

[vette6387]

Another chicken$hit Mormon, who at 91 is probably being told what to say by his “friends” at church (most likely Mitt Romney).

[Disestablishmentarian]

Proving he is fully steeped in the filth, criminality and corruption of the globalist invaders who would destroy America.

It’s incredible how Trump has pulled the mask off so many of these traitors.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Scowcroft warned W against the war, Hillary! voted FOR the war, and then worked to dismantle the gains made after all the casualties. Yeah, I can totally understand the fear of the insiders, so they rally together to preserve their control.

Every day that goes by, Trump is buoyed as his enemies reveal themselves. Trump IS the perfect hand grenade to throw into the machinery of the ruling class.

[henkster]

History will someday discuss how collectively damaging these people were to human freedom and self-determination.

That depends on who gets to write the history.

[SoFloFreeper]

Such an endorsement is a plug for Trump.

[JPJones]

Asshole.

[SoFloFreeper]

Sometime during the month of Never. Twelfth of Never, I think.