Ex-Diplomats, Military Leaders Oppose Bush

[Zomby Woof]

Ex-Diplomats, Military Leaders Oppose Bush


WASHINGTON (AP) - Angered by Bush administration policies they contend endanger national security, 26 retired U.S. diplomats and military officers are urging Americans to vote President Bush out of office in November.

The group, which calls itself Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change, does not explicitly endorse Democrat John Kerry for president in its campaign, which will start officially Wednesday at a Washington news conference.

The Bush-Cheney campaign said Sunday it would have no response until the group formally issues its statement at the news conference.

Among the group are 20 ambassadors, appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents, other former State Department officials and military leaders whose careers span three decades.

More: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/13/bush.criticism/index.html

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

1. Sharks smelling blood....

Link?

[Zomby Woof]

3. just edited

Damn CNN site, giving me the headline as the "link"... I fixed it.

[MrTriumph]

2. UNHEARD OF! Now let's see if the media will cover this...

This is an amazing event- a ground swell of diplomats come forth to oppose a presidential candidate. Can you imagine if they opposed Kerry? The media would declare Kerry unfit for office. Let's see how the media plays this with Bush being the target.

[Zomby Woof]

4. you are absolutely correct

They will crown Bush emperor and say gee, what a swell wartime leader! (or at least Fox News will)

[onehandle]

5. It's not only on the CNN website, it's on CNN....

Saw it myself. This is big.

[BrotherBuzz]

6. Soon as retired CIA/intel community joins them....

(and I think they will) we'll have our own "trifecta"!
Bush* is toast!

[goforit]

7. Gooooo.......The Good Warriors!!!!

We can make it happen!!!

[DEMVET-USMC]

10. There are many good warriors out there and with their help we will make it

happen ! ! ! ...Oscar

[NashVegas]

8. Guardian Story

"Ever since Franklin Roosevelt the US has built up alliances in order to amplify its own power," one signatory, John Matlock, the ambassador to the Soviet Union under Ronald Reagan and the first George Bush, told the Los Angeles Times.

"But now we have alienated many of our closest allies, we have alienated their populations," he said. "We've all been increasingly appalled at how the relationships that we worked so hard to build up have simply been shattered by the current administration in the method it has gone about things."

The signatories to the statement, to be released on Wednesday in Washington, call themselves Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change. Most of them were appointed under the Reagan and first Bush administrations.

They include Admiral William J Crowe, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the 1980s before becoming ambassador to Britain from 1993 to 1997, Arthur Hartman, an ambassador to the Soviet Union and France, and William Harrop, the US ambassador to Israel from 1991 to 1993 who was also an ambassador to four African countries.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1238008,00.html

[Moderator]

9. Duplicate, please discuss in thread below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=619438