Gen. Brent Scowcroft, President Nixon’s military adviser, and the National Security Adviser for both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, today came out publicly to endorse former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president.
Scowcroft was a primary architect of the first Gulf War, and has subsequently had high-profile lobbying jobs for the Turkish and Azerbaijani governments, a fact which is considered particularly controversial because of his large interest in major US military contractors.
Scowcroft praised Clinton for her experience as Secretary of State, saying she understands the need both for the US to maintain a “strong military advantage,” and for considerable “engagement beyond our borders” to make the world safe.
Scowcroft has made fewer public comments on foreign policy in recent years, but did accuse Iraq’s Sunni Arab minority of being to blame for the country’s woes after the US occupation, saying that they are “stuck in the Saddam-era mindset.”
The consummate DC insider, it is unsurprising that Scowcroft would see Clinton as the preferable option to presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, whose less “status quo” posture might threaten US arms makers’ bottom line, and might weaken his lobbying stature.
Another neo-con vampire who’s time has come.
Just slightly off topic: I wonder how much Trump is being paid to throw the election to the Cankle Queen? Nobody can be that incompetent unintentionally – not even the Huckster and Santorum the Great.
You funny.Trump is gioing to win big.His opponent is an idiot.
What can she attack Trump with,when she is at ground zero of all our problems?The economy?Ha!International relations?Double hah!Healthcare triple ha!
She is standing on an ice cube in a warm sea of disgust at all her stupid decisions of the last 15 years.
You obviously haven’t grasped how irresponsibly stupid the majority of the US voters are. Clinton is going to win because she is a woman – the first woman – regardless of her record or sleaziness or how much of an idiot she may be just as Obama won because he was the first black man nominated by a major party. You don’t really think the voters have gotten any smarter since 2008?
I fear you are correct, as much as I’d like it to be wrong.
The headline should read, “Another insider votes for his meal ticket”.
Why do these evil old men never die?
My thoughts exactly!
God! Is Scowcroft or Kissinger EVER going to die? Trot them to the nearest execution squad. Both should have died in prison truth be told.