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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeb Bush recycles neocon criminals
Jeb Bush on Friday identified Paul Wolfowitz, one of the architects of the Iraq war, as one of his foreign-policy advisers.
The comment came as the former Florida governor was answering questions at the Iowa State Fair. The question wasnt audible, but Bushs reply was.
Paul Wolfowitz is providing some advice, he said. I get most of my advice from a team we have in Miami, Fla. Wolfowitz had been reported to have been an adviser to Bush, but this is believed to be the first time the Republican presidential candidate spelled that out.
Bush did explain the challenges he has in crafting his own reputation for foreign policy with the team of advisers he has.
If they have any executive experience, they have had to deal with two Republican administrations, he said. With a smile, he asked: Who were the people that were presidents the last two Republican administrations? ...............(more)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jeb-bush-says-paul-wolfowitz-is-a-foreign-policy-adviser-2015-08-14
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Jeb Bush recycles neocon criminals (Original Post)
marmar
Aug 2015
OP
There's a rumor he's going to hire Dick Cheney to help select his future VP
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2015
#6
Hey, that's really, really cold...and unfair to goats and caterpillars everywhere.
libdem4life
Aug 2015
#7
H2O Man
(74,814 posts)1. It is terrible
to think that hideous war criminals such as Paul W are being prepared for a return to power. But they are. And that is something that all of us should be fully aware of, as 2016 approaches.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. Wolfowitz worked for Rumsfeld
reading State of Denial by Woodward and they do not come off good at all
Rex
(65,616 posts)3. Yep, he himself is recycled trash.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)4. Jeb is running an awful campaign..... Good!
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)5. Is there a neocon that is not a criminal? n/t
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)6. There's a rumor he's going to hire Dick Cheney to help select his future VP
And I understand he's taken to reading My Pet Goat and The Hungry Caterpillar to expand his world view.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)7. Hey, that's really, really cold...and unfair to goats and caterpillars everywhere.
Gothmog
(152,036 posts)9. Jeb is a neocon
Jeb was one of the original neocons