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	Brent Scowcroft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft KBE (born 19 March 1925 in Ogden, Utah), USAF (Ret.) was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. Bush.
		Scowcroft has chaired or served on a number of policy advisory councils, including the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control, the President's Commission on Strategic Forces, the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management, the Defense Policy Board, and the President's Special Review Board (Tower Commission) investigating the Iran-Contra affair.
		Scowcroft was a leading Republican critic of U.S. policy towards Iraq before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brent_Scowcroft (409 words)

	Brent Scowcroft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft (born 19 March 1925), USAF (Ret.) was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. Bush.
		Prior to joining the Bush administration, Scowcroft was Vice Chairman of He is the founder and president of, a think-tank.
		Scowcroft has chaired or served on a number of policy advisory councils, including the, the, the, the, and the () investigating the Iran-Contra affair.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Brent_Scowcroft (399 words)

	Brent Scowcroft
		Scowcroft: I think they have a role of military power which is much more integral to their overall thinking than is that of the United States.
		Scowcroft: I think of all the improbable scenarios for a nuclear war, and any scenario is improbable, that the least likely is the so-called 'bolt from the blue.' That for whatever reason the Soviets one day will simply launch a massive attack on the United States.
		Scowcroft: I think Americans, with their penchant for feeling that if there's a problem, there's a solution, have tended to invest too much hope in arms control in terms of ending this whole competition that we're talking about, or ending the dangers of a nuclear war.
	sun3.lib.uci.edu /racyberlib/Quest/interview-brent_scowcroft.html (3245 words)

	How Deep Is the Change?: 9/11 a Year On: October/December 2002 Issue: Peace Watch: U.S. Institute of Peace
		Scowcroft said the greatest change is in the United States itself.
		Scowcroft pointed out that the second phase of the war on terrorism requires dramatically up-scaled intelligence—in both technology and human intelligence.
		Scowcroft is confident that the war on terrorism can be won, in the same way the war on organized crime can be won.
	www.usip.org /peacewatch/2002/12/scowcroft.html (403 words)

	Scowcroft Is Critical of Bush (washingtonpost.com)
		In the first Bush administration, Scowcroft was a mentor to Condoleezza Rice, the current national security adviser, and he is regarded as a close associate of the president's father.
		Scowcroft's remarks to the Financial Times reflect a sense of unease among some GOP foreign policy experts about the White House's handling of foreign policy -- especially those who, such as Scowcroft, are considered part of what is called the realist wing.
		Scowcroft said that relations with Europe are "in general bad," but that the United States has to work with Europe to deal with the world's problems.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A36644-2004Oct15.html (592 words)

	frontline: the gulf war: oral history: brent scowcroft
		Scowcroft: That we thought it was useful to try a modest carrot and show him we bore him no particular ill will and we were prepared to have normal kind of relations with him that would be at least commercially advantageous to both sides.
		Scowcroft: Well, we were aware that there a buildup and, indeed, it looked like a part of a policy of bluster in connection with the border and other disputes that he was having with Kuwait.
		Scowcroft: No, at the heart was naked aggression against an unoffending country, that was the firm and legal position, but what gave enormous urgency to it was the issue of oil.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/scowcroft/1.html (934 words)

	The Burning Of Brent Scowcroft \| This Is Rumor Control
		Scowcroft may well represent all that was once great about the Republican Party: he is realistic, conservative, non-interventionist, soft-spoken, skeptical and (most especially) careful about what he says.
		In private, Scowcroft has never been mild in his condemnation of his friend's son, leading to speculation that he has taken on the role of stalking horse for the elder Bush -- who feels that it would be unwise to publicly advise his son on how to run his administration.
		Scowcroft was among the coterie of senior advisors that settled on Cheney as an appropriate Vice President, a decision that he now bitterly condemns.
	www.thisisrumorcontrol.org /node/863 (596 words)

	Air Sorties during Desert Storm
		Scowcroft remained out of the public eye during most of Operation Desert Storm, but was relied upon heavily inside the inner-circle of the White House decision-making process.
		Scowcroft advised the President on opinions and operations of the national security apparatus from the CIA to the Coast Guard and how they functioned in Operation Desert Storm.
		Scowcroft will be a major player in the formation of post-war security arrangements for the region, and is also expected to play a role in any peace treaties that may be reached in the near future.
	www.leyden.com /gulfwar/scowcroft.html (274 words)

	Brent Scowcroft -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Scowcroft was a leading Republican critic of U.S. policy towards Iraq before and after the (Click link for more info and facts about 2003 invasion of Iraq) 2003 invasion of Iraq.
		Scowcroft was criticized by others, including (Click link for more info and facts about Andrew Sullivan) Andrew Sullivan, for his egregiously bad predictions on the Afghanistan War following 9/11.
		General Scowcroft was born in (A town in northern Utah settled by Mormons) Ogden, (A state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young) Utah.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/brent_scowcroft.htm (465 words)

	Brent Scowcroft biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft (born 19 March 1925), USAF (Ret.) was National Security Adviser under President Gerald Ford and George Herbert Walker Bush.
		Prior to joining the Bush Administration, General Scowcroft was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. He is the founder and President of The Forum for International Policy, a non-partisan, non-profit organization providing independent perspectives and opinions on major foreign policy issues, based on a commitment to active, thoughtful American global leadership.
		In the course of his military career, General Scowcroft has held positions in the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Headquarters of the U.S. Air Force, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
	brent-scowcroft.biography.ms (359 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Scowcroft was never a fan of the Iraq war and warned Bush against rushing into it.
		Scowcroft has long said the war in Iraq was a diversion from the fight against global terrorism.
		And this next quote is tough; Scowcroft is essentially saying the president's policies have been shaped by his political ambition.
	archive.salon.com /politics/war_room/2004/10/14/scowcroft (238 words)

	American President
		Brent Scowcroft was born in Ogden, Utah in 1925.
		From 1953 to 1957, Scowcroft was assigned to the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy as an assistant professor of Russian History.
		In 1991, Scowcroft received the Medal of Freedom Award and in 1993, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth presented him with the insignia of an Honorary Knight of the British Empire.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/georgehwbush/staffadvisers/nationalsecurity/NSC/assistant/brentscowcroft/h_index.shtml (407 words)

	Who Is Brent Scowcroft? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Scowcroft prefers when writing op-ed articles to pass himself off as president of the Forum for International Policy” —; without disclosing the close ties between the Forum and the Scowcroft Group, with its unidentified “foreign direct investors” in sectors that include “energy” — well, we suppose that’s his prerogative.
		Scowcroft’s op-ed piece the subject of its lead, front-page news stories for two days running, not to mine this vein, that is a stunning lapse.
		Scowcroft makes three main discernable claims: First, that “Saddam’s goals have little in common with the terrorists who threaten us, and there is little incentive for him to make common cause with them.” Second, that “Israel would have to expect to be the first casualty” of an American attack on Saddam.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/735693/posts (2973 words)

	Crosswalk.com - Conservatives, Brent Scowcroft at Odds Over UN Chief
		Scowcroft, appearing with Annan at the conference, said the U.N. member countries assigned with monitoring the administration of Resolution 661 (Oil for Food resolution) were supposed to report their observations and recommendations.
		Scowcroft had earlier this month told an Internet interviewer that "as secretary general, [Annan] has been quite effective." The Oil-for-Food Program was not "a direct responsibility of the secretary general," Scowcroft said Dec. 7.
		[Scowcroft's remarks are] just some kind of attempt to divert attention from the secretary general or to exculpate him for his failure of oversight," Lessner added.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1302708.html (626 words)

	USATODAY.com - Security adviser to first President Bush says Afghanistan, Iraq 'a failing venture' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Brent Scowcroft is the mentor to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.
		Brent Scowcroft, a mentor to the current national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, also said in an interview published in England that Bush is inordinately influenced by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
		Scowcroft said the Bush administration's "unilateralist" position was partly responsible for the post-Sept. 11, 2001, decline of the trans-Atlantic relationship.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2004-10-16-failing-venture_x.htm (364 words)

	IRI: Board Of Directors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Prior to joining the Bush Administration, General Scowcroft was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. He serves as a Director on the boards of Pennzoil-Quaker State, and Qualcomm Corporations.
		General Scowcroft has chaired or served on a number of policy advisory councils, including the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control, the President's Commission on Strategic Forces, the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management, and the President's Special Review Board (Tower Board) investigating the Iran-Contra affair.
		General Scowcroft was married to the late Marian Horner Scowcroft and has one daughter.
	www.iri.org /boardbio.asp?id=3625835534 (426 words)

	Cheney vs. Scowcroft - How to duck the arguments against attacking Iraq. By William Saletan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Two weeks ago, Brent Scowcroft, the former national security adviser to President Bush's father, wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal arguing against a near-term U.S. attack on Iraq.
		Scowcroft argues that such a scenario is illogical.
		This is an old principle of deterrence: Your threat of nukes against an enemy is impotent unless your use of nukes against that enemy is plausible.
	slate.msn.com /?id=2070189 (1127 words)

	Brent Scowcroft - SourceWatch
		Brent Scowcroft is President and Founder (June 1994) of the Scowcroft Group and "one of the country's leading experts on international policy." Scowcroft provides "Group clients with unparalleled strategic advise and assistance in dealing in the international arena." [1] (http://www.scowcroft.com/scowcroft.htm)
		Scowcroft "urged the President to concentrate on trying to broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians while separately pursuing terrorist threats to the United States.
		Scowcroft is also the founder and "president of the Forum for International Policy, a non-profit organization that he founded in 1993 that promotes American leadership and foreign policy." [3] (http://www.qualcomm.com/about/bios/bod.html)
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Brent_Scowcroft (1297 words)

	Another Jab From The General:[Retired Air Force General Brent Scowcroft] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Retired Air Force General Brent Scowcroft, the Republican foreign-policy Yoda who has worked for five of the past seven Presidents, rarely raises his voice in public.
		For more than a year, Scowcroft has been quietly nudging the Administration to place control of all American intelligence assets -- satellites and eavesdropping ships as well as old-fashioned spies and spooks -- in the hands of the CIA director rather than spread it over 14 competing federal agencies.
		Scowcroft chaired a yearlong study on the subject and sent his report to the President in March.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/808004/posts (612 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| US adviser warns of Armageddon
		The outspoken remarks from Brent Scowcroft, who advised a string of Republican presidents, including Mr Bush's father, represented an embarrassment for the administration on a day it was attempting to rally British public support for an eventual war.
		Mr Scowcroft is the elder statesman of the Republican foreign policy establishment, and his views are widely regarded as reflecting those of the first President Bush.
		In yesterday's article, Mr Scowcroft argued that by alienating much of the Arab world, an assault on Baghdad, would halt much of the cooperation Washington is receiving in its current battle against the al-Qaida organisation.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/Story/0,2763,775532,00.html (633 words)

	Brent Scowcroft is Wrong: We Must Attack Saddam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But, for the sake of America’s war on terror, the retired general should review a primary lesson the United States was dealt by the attacks on 9-11.
		America learned the hard way then that waiting to use what Scowcroft calls the "best strategy and tactics" to remove a global threat is ill advised.
		Brent Scowcroft is on target when he states that "if we are truly serious about the war on terrorism, it must remain our top priority." Rightly understood, however, that means beginning with the elimination of Saddam’s regime, with its many ties to global terrorism, war crimes, and the attacks of last fall.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=2420 (722 words)

	Commentary Magazine - A World Transformed by George Bush and Brent Scowcroft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		...At their meeting in Beijing soon after the crackdown, Deng told Scowcroft that the burden for improving relations fell to the United States, and he employed a Chinese proverb: "It is up to the person who tied the knot to untie it...
		...Scowcroft, fearful of offending Arab sensitivities, believed "this was not a time to posture and threaten...
		...Among foreign-policy cognoscenti, the team of Bush, Brent Scowcroft, James Baker, Colin Powell, and Dick Cheney has already earned a reputation for smoothness and competence that stands in rather striking contrast to the clunky hesitance and indecision of the Clintonites...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V106I6P64-1.htm (2999 words)

	Heading for the Exits- by Justin Raimondo
		But then neither are Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, Edward Luttwak, and various unnamed "senior members" of the president's national security team cited in the Times — all of whom are leading the growing chorus in favor of getting out of Iraq ASAP.
		Washington is abuzz with the remarks of Scowcroft and Brzezinski at a seminar sponsored by the New America Foundation and presided over by the indefatigable Steve Clemons.
		Scowcroft cuts through the propaganda and the guff, viewing each theater of the regional war through the unsparing lens of one who sees the world as it is, not as he would like it to be:
	www.antiwar.com /justin/?articleid=4347 (3443 words)

	John Derbyshire on Brent Scowcroft on National Review Online
		We extend the hand of friendship and hope that you will do the same.'' Taking "bold measures" to overcome "negative forces" is, of course, a thing that the Chinese Communist Party understands very well — these were, in point of fact, exactly the terms in which they saw their little operation of six months earlier.
		Scowcroft illustrates an interesting fact: that it is possible to be knowledgeable, even worldly, in the extreme, while being stone blind to certain basic realities.
		The Scowcroft problem is not one of timidity or over-accommodation: It is one of commitment to managerialism.
	www.nationalreview.com /derbyshire/derbyshire082002.asp (1548 words)

	Arianna Online Forums - Brent Scowcroft: Bush is Ariel Sharon and a Zionist puppet . . . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Brent Scowcroft: Bush is Ariel Sharon and a Zionist puppet.
		Brent Scowcroft, the former national security adviser and close collaborator of former president George H.W. Bush, told the FT that the President George W. Bush's administration's "unilateralist" stance had contributed to the decline of the transatlantic relationship.
		Scowcroft, who served as mentor to Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, has courted unpopularity with the administration before.
	www.ariannaonline.com /forums/showthread.php?t=13593 (684 words)

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