Two Republicans harshly criticize Bush foreign policy

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Posted on Mon, Oct. 24, 2005



Two Republicans harshly criticize Bush foreign policy

By Warren P. Strobel
Knight Ridder Newspapers


WASHINGTON - The criticisms are searing and sound like they might have come from Democratic political operatives or the liberal corner of the blogosphere:


Foreign policy under President Bush is run by a secretive "cabal" headed by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's dream of spreading democracy around the Middle East is misguided and could backfire badly.


Those, however, are the sentiments of two leading Republicans, both associated with the Bush administration, who've broken ranks in the last week to criticize the invasion of Iraq and other foreign ventures.


One is retired Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, who was chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. The other is Brent Scowcroft, a former national security adviser, close friend to President George H.W. Bush and mentor to Rice.


Their decision to abandon the bonds of party loyalty and speak their minds comes at a bad time for the president. Bush faces growing bipartisan unease on Capitol Hill about the Iraq war and the possibility that top aides could be indicted as early as this week in the investigation into the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame

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I like to post these types of articles on right wing boards...gets their blood boiling...lol

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1. Hopefully now this will get some traction

After all, we've been talking amongst ourselves for years about the apparent squabbles in the Bush White House: Who's up, who's down, and whether anybody there has even the least clue about what they're doing. Now that Wilkerson and Scowcroft have confirmed it, maybe some of the talking chuckleheads can detach their lips from the Bush administration's nether regions and begin reporting straight up that the Bush administration may not be the Masters of the Universe as they like to portray themselves.

But I won't hold my breath in anticipation.