Scowcroft on Gaza Disengagement: "Terrible news" -
Bush "wrapped around the little finger" of Israel's PM Ariel Sharon
Former National Security Adviser to Ford and George H.W. Bush and mentor to Condoleeza Rice, Brent Scowcroft talks of his last meeting with Rice:
"We were having dinner just when Sharon said he was going to pull out of Gaza," at the end of 2003. "She said, 'At least there's some good news,' and I said, 'That's terrible news.' She said, 'What do you mean?' And I said that for Sharon this is not the first move, this is the last move. He's getting out of Gaza because he can't sustain eight thousand settlers with half his Army protecting them. Then, when he's out, he will have an Israel that he can control and a Palestinian state atomized enough that it can't be a problem." Scowcroft added, "We had a terrible fight on that."
Unlike the current Bush Administration, which is unambiguously pro-Israel, Scowcroft, James Baker, and others associated with the elder George Bush believe that Israel's settlement policies arouse Arab anger.... article
Even more shockingly, Republican elder statesman, Gen Brent Scowcroft, national security advisor to Bush's father, accused Bush Jr. of being "wrapped around the little finger" of Israel's PM Ariel Sharon.
Scowcroft has finally said aloud what no one in official Washington or the media dared to utter. His accusation helps explain much about the Bush AdministrationÍs foreign policies and why they seem so often to damage rather than promote US interests. article
Bush "wrapped around the little finger" of Israel's PM Ariel Sharon
Former National Security Adviser to Ford and George H.W. Bush and mentor to Condoleeza Rice, Brent Scowcroft talks of his last meeting with Rice:
"We were having dinner just when Sharon said he was going to pull out of Gaza," at the end of 2003. "She said, 'At least there's some good news,' and I said, 'That's terrible news.' She said, 'What do you mean?' And I said that for Sharon this is not the first move, this is the last move. He's getting out of Gaza because he can't sustain eight thousand settlers with half his Army protecting them. Then, when he's out, he will have an Israel that he can control and a Palestinian state atomized enough that it can't be a problem." Scowcroft added, "We had a terrible fight on that."
Unlike the current Bush Administration, which is unambiguously pro-Israel, Scowcroft, James Baker, and others associated with the elder George Bush believe that Israel's settlement policies arouse Arab anger.... article
Even more shockingly, Republican elder statesman, Gen Brent Scowcroft, national security advisor to Bush's father, accused Bush Jr. of being "wrapped around the little finger" of Israel's PM Ariel Sharon.
Scowcroft has finally said aloud what no one in official Washington or the media dared to utter. His accusation helps explain much about the Bush AdministrationÍs foreign policies and why they seem so often to damage rather than promote US interests. article
