[WaterDragon]

Well, I am pi$$ at Scowcroft! He's going public precisely to pressure the president. Some Bush 'friend.' And yes, the socialists have their panties in a twist....Bush is will be successful, they know it, and are livid!

[cubreporter]

You betcha!

[DentsRun]

Well, I am pi$$ at Scowcroft! He's going public precisely to pressure the president. Some Bush 'friend.' And yes, the socialists have their panties in a twist....Bush is will be successful, they know it, and are livid!

There's nothing wrong with pressuring the president. God knows everyone else does. As for friendship, I don't see that expressing a dissenting view on a public policy issue is an act of personal betrayal. I'm sure General Scowcroft has never claimed that Bush was disloyal to him for having taken a contrary position on Iraq. It seems to me that General Scowcroft is a good loyal American. I for one appreciate his sharing his views with the people of America. If we're going to war with Iraq, the last thing we need to be doing now is suppressing contrary views.

[AdvisorB]

Scowcroft is still trying to justify his failures at
the NSC during the Gulf War in 1991. He was the very
embodiment of Kissingerian "realpolitique" arguing that
the butcher of Baghdad, saddam, should be
allowed to stay safe in his fuherbunker in order to
maintain stability in the region. I think that
decision was instrumental in allowing one, william
jefferson clinton, a pathetic weasel of a draft dodger,
insinuate himself into the Oval Office. Scowcroft will
argue to his dying day that leaving saddam in Baghdad
was a stabilizing event. He was wrong then, and he is
wrong today.