Brent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroftis a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General. He was the United States National Security Advisor under U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He served as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005 and assisted President Barack Obama...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth19 March 1925
CountryUnited States of America
The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.
After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.
Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.
But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.
The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
We believe we are creating the beginning of a new world order coming out of the collapse of the U.S.-Soviet antagonisms.
Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression.
So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature.
The policy of detente with the Soviet Union, which was begun by President Nixon in 1972, was broadly seen by 1975 in bad shape, if not in tatters. In other words, were able to take advantage of the relaxed atmosphere to pursue the same goals they had.
A number of presidents since Nixon have come to office with negative views of the Chinese. They always end up supporting the thrust of the policy established by President Nixon.
compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein had acquired nuclear-weapons capability.
I think a different first strike by the United States might have stopped what is going on now, but I think he may be getting the word,