Scowcroft in THE NEW YORKER

Steve Clemons, at the Washington Note, has a summary of the The New Yorker article about Brent Scowcroft (Bush 41's advisor) on the Shrub, Iraq, foreign policy, etc. It's not a pretty picture, but from all accounts a compelling article (to be published in the 10/31 edition of TNY, no link as yet).

Scowcroft blisters the Shrub on a variety of issues, mainly Iraq, and, despite intense loyalty to 41, is not very circumspect in his criticism of Shrub. I think the 'grown ups' in the Republican hierarchy are getting fed up with W's childishness, petulance, and lack of anything approaching vision.

Few Areas of Foreign Policy Agreement Between Scowcroft and George W. Bush

When I asked Scowcroft if the son was different from the father, he said, "I don't want to go there," but his dissatisfaction with the son's agenda could not have been clearer. When I asked him to name issues on which he agrees with the younger Bush, he said, "Afghanistan." He paused for twelve seconds. Finally, he said, "I think we're doing well on Europe," and left it at that.