Scowcroft Faults Bush for Russia Policy

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- As President Bush prepared for talks Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, former U.S. national security adviser Brent Scowcroft faulted Bush for not paying enough attention to relations with Moscow.

"U.S. policy in the last few years has not reflected the importance of the relationship," said Scowcroft, who also was critical of the president's Iraq and Mideast policies.

Speaking Tuesday at the Nixon Center, a private think tank, Scowcroft said the United States and Russia remain the world's two great nuclear powers even though things have changed dramatically since the United States concentrated on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Scowcroft, who was national security adviser for Presidents Ford and George H.W. Bush, said Russia's decision to supply nuclear technology to Iran is a reason to pay attention.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-scowcroft-russia,0,1719431.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[fooj]

1. Scowcroft sure isn't afraid of Junior, is he? Good for him!

[saltpoint]

2. Now and again you hear of the ALLEGED undermining --

-- of Jimmy Carter's presidency by George Bush Sr. in a secret meeting in Paris with certain Iranian folks who ALLEGEDLY coordinated the Iranian Hostage Crisis, making Carter look indecisive and weak, and clearing the way for a Republican presidency (Reagan-Bush).

G.H.W. Bush used to direct the CIA. I imagine he and Brent Scowcroft still have potent rolodexes.

Scowcroft's criticism of Junior's foreign policy has been long-standing and very public.

I have a wild hunch that the poker game is about to get real interesting.

[struggle4progress]

3. kick

[natrat]

4. what does he expect

these people are frauds start to finish